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The ceremony was imperfect in the best way—children playing the wrong notes, laughter slipping through the quiet, my sister crying harder than anyone else in the room. For once, I wasn’t the woman people avoided looking at.
I was the bride.
No music. No guests. No distractions.
Just the reality of what we had promised.
A part of me had always believed that was why this worked. That with him, I would never have to watch someone’s expression change.
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