The Fifth Candle
"When I choose to love someone, I love them wholeheartedly. There won't be excuses. There won't be divided loyalties. I'll be faithful. I'll be devoted. I'll do everything I can for that person."
I smiled. "The person I love now… is you."
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On the day Shane and I got married, someone anonymously sent an incredibly expensive wedding gift, and alongside it was a letter. The writer had chosen a long sheet of paper, as if they had countless things they wanted to say.
Yet in the end, there was only a single sentence: [I wish you happiness.]
I smiled, then quietly set the letter aside. No matter how vivid a story once was, it would eventually become a part of the past.