na's

of his face. A few guests still lingered near the doors, whispering behin

ter's wedding?" he snarled, voice low a

my eyes. My dress was soaked. My skin cla

Really?" My voice crack

e snapped, stepping closer. "But co

quiet. Until someone poured freezing liq

tripped her. That you did it on purpose to ruin the momen

ou should be asking, Luca." My voice wavered, but I pushed th

d, but I didn't

packing up and leaving. I don't want anything from any of you. Not from you, not f

her head. Like he couldn't recogniz

ghting back?

caused enough trouble

lt heavy, like they were

t are you waiting for? Wa

ver outright hit me, but I remembered the slammed doors, the bruis

here else

fol

el so tightly his knuckles turned white. The sil

the house. Before I could unbuckle my seatbelt, he was a

t the hell

shack like I was a dog that had outlived its use

ing, he shov

. Pain flared in my chest, and the col

you in here. Isn't

ow," I said, trying to stand. "If y

. "Fine. But stay in here. Don't cause more trouble.

ne before the

idge. You're an ex-con who barely finished college. Who would hire you? If

his phone rang. He he

er anymore, but it was hard to erase the memories. The good ones. The lau

ne. Then he turned back to me,

ting onto the tiny cot, win

Because of the scene you caused. The wedding's bee

rinned. "You're joking, righ

eeing you cause a scene, distracting the guests, embarrassing the family, made her collapse.

was so absurd it didn

ull well my body couldn't handle it. Olivia had always known I was allergic-pneumoni

rpose. Every mov

lamed me for h

d to cry until I couldn't see, until my

is hands, but before he could

y my second brother, Theo. Both lo

d slapped me hard

d. "You ruined our glorious day. You rui

d, but that wa

stranger. I gave up everything for her. I once lied to the press to protect

d

ke I was a stain sh

A slow, bi

softly. "She should've known bette