A bride's broken dreams

kly as she cleane

t bad she sa

siness is moving just great. they m

her back and now ready to build her life

was becoming a worry to h

t yourself. Mrs Thompson said as Claire drop

how to. She said pourin

and a familiar scent

four, mrs Thompson gestured to Clai

oming r

ixties. Claire's mother has been good to her and she personal volunteer to help out after claire's mo

most spill the cupppacino at the sight of the man sitting, with his head burie

startled her, sending a sudde

o her and pulled her to sit. He wore a black plain T-shirt

he cleared his throat, but with the loo

t dried up the

find the right words to say b

ed rapidly trying to process what was happening, this should be a d

ay? He ask

need to go sh

lowly and pulled his

her feet, it became heav

he just ca

ed her head to

y, she r

ngs to turn out this way. She said, he noticed a tear dr

ho didn't pay attention to what was going on except mr

ed worriedly, her hands set

. She replied after wiping

rick and he nodded everything is

on between them so she excused he

us to talk here, he said;

erything earlier, Claire

w something was o

some diggings and I fou

ly, because I want to know

be part of

was happening. The sincererity in his voice made her realiz

m her eyes as she

ice, before taking a sip from his cup of cappuccino as if tryin

late, as always, with every piece of furniture carefully selected and placed to exude an aura of luxury. But to

s. She glanced at the screen, seeing Claire's name light up. Taking a

y, her usual charm sliding in

believe what's happened," Cl

ck knows everything. About the c

ound the phone. He... knows? she repe

ally told him everything, but he had known everything already. He said he doesn't care about my background.

erself, shatter his idealized image of her, and then when Claire appeared to be nothing more than a liar be there to pick

had taken an u

aire," Anna managed, her voic

happy f

can't believe it either. I thought for sure it would be over once he found o