The Rejected Bride
I promise,” I pleaded, my hands clasped in supplication.
He looked at me for several seconds, before turning the laptop to face him. After a few clicks, Whitney Houston’s sonorous voice filled the room.
I closed my eyes in bliss, the song having the same effect it had on me fourteen years before.
Years before, I’d fallen in love with the melody, but sitting there and listening to the lyrics, hearing the words for the very first time melted my heart.
“I haven’t listened to that song in years,” Jacobi said, a sad smile on his face. “I guess there are too many painful memories.”