Chapter Thirty-One

"She did. We met at a high school fund-raising event. My mom introduced us. Her mother and Grace are friends. We started as friends, and it did not take long for us to start dating. I have always believed in Forever, and I also believed that she was the perfect one for me, so I proposed to her on our high school graduation."

"What? That seems too young for me."

"We were so young, and she kept saying she wanted something to signify that I would not leave her. But it was also my fault for letting her convince herself to do something so stupid. Soon we decided to get married; it was her idea, but I was willing to do so, because I believed that we were in love then. My mom and hers also tried to convince us against it, but we did not listen, so they had no choice but to support us."

He shook his head like he was remembering something: "The flowers were beautiful, the decorations superb, and everything was going smoothly until we discovered that she was not coming. I waited for her until e