Olivia’s POVThe orchestra chimes and I walk in, hand-in-hand, with my father, the man I now hate more than anyone else on earth. His smiles feel like arrows going through me and his hold on my arms make it hard to breathe.I swallow when my eyes meet Teddy standing at the aisle. He looks bored, as if he wants to be anywhere else but here. The preacher beams at me, his hands motioning me forward. My dad leans in to plant a peck on my face and I flinch away.If he is affected by my actions, he does nothing, moving towards my mother. I swallow and turn to face the man I am to spend the rest of my life with, eagerly waiting for the exchange of vows to be over.“Hi, wife,” he murmurs when I stop, facing him. “Trust you had a good night.”“You don’t have to talk to me if you don’t want to,” I whisper, glancing away. He takes a slow step forward, so small and inconsequential that no one in the audience would have noticed it.But I do, because he leans in and whispers. “I don’t know what you
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