La vida

He came home just before dawn. The taste of the past still lingered on his lips. Edward appeared on the

Emily was still asleep when the sharp ring of the doorbell cut through the quiet of the Saturday morning.

There was to be no wedding. The groom never arrived for his bride. How many little girls dream from childhood

Emily was still asleep when a firm knock echoed through her quiet Saturday morning. Startled, she sat

**Diary Entry:** I always imagined my wedding day—the white dress, the flower crown, the shiver down

There was no wedding. The groom never arrived to meet his bride. How many little girls dream from childhood

He was only 16 when he brought her home… a girl, already heavily pregnant and a year older than him.

He was just sixteen when he brought her home… a girl already heavily pregnant, a year older than him.

Before the wedding, he carried me in his arms, but after—it was as if he fell out of love. When I first

Emma was still asleep when the insistent knocking shattered the quiet of a Saturday dawn. She jolted