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The Past (2)

Author: Ethel
last update Last Updated: 2025-09-09 18:23:33

Elle (15, London)

Today was my mother's wedding.

She stood next to her new husband, her face beaming, her lips smiling, and her eyes sparkling in a way I don't think I've ever seen before.

She slipped her arm under Richard's, pressing herself closer to his side despite the fullness of her dress. Light from the stained glass catches the tiny stones that embellish her upper bodice.

A proper wedding dress wasn't in the cards for my mother during her first wedding to my father.

From what I was told, their entire wedding had been as mundane and forgettable as they came.

Neither of them had the money to fund the type of wedding they truly wanted, so they made do with what they had. Which was practically nothing.

But my mother made sure that wasn't the case for her second wedding.

"It'll be glamorous, love, " she said to me, her eyes twinkling as she got lost in a daydream two nights ago.

I'd said nothing because I didn't know what to say.

This time, she made sure the dress she wore was mad
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Shit her new step father raped her that's why she doesn't like being touched
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