My Groom Fled Again, so I Chose Another
"I'm sorry, Celine. I know that I've messed up. I'm calling off that wedding. I'll sign the papers with you right now, and we can leave this second. You've always wanted to marry me, haven't you? I'll marry you."
I looked at him, finding his confession so absurd that I nearly laughed. He thought that piece of paper was what I had been waiting for this whole time, when in truth, I was waiting to be firmly, unapologetically chosen.
I had wanted him not to pry my fingers away when Grandma was dying, not to walk away with Lessie during our 18th trip to the city hall, and not to demand that I compromise every time he had to choose between Lessie and me.