Fading to Zero
Then, he sent me a message:
[Coco, I’m begging you, stop making a scene, okay? I’m just getting a marriage certificate with Ruby. It’s just a piece of paper. It doesn’t mean anything. We're canceling our wedding this time so that I can give you your dream wedding at the most appropriate time.]
Those familiar words stabbed at my eyes, making them ache again. What did 'the most appropriate time' even mean?
I had been hearing that sentence for eight years, nearly 3,000 days and nights, while waiting for him to marry me. In the end, he was about to become someone else’s legal husband.