Rose Without Her Jack
Three days before my wedding, my younger sister staged a scene—one where I supposedly abandoned her in the mountains.
She claimed I locked her in a cabin, left her to be nearly assaulted, and that she barely escaped with her life.
Furious, my fiancé dragged me up the mountain and locked me in that same cabin.
He said, "Wendy, a woman as vicious as you won't learn her lesson without punishment. I already told you I'd marry you. Why go after Chloe? Since you're so desperate to climb your way up, you can stay here until the wedding day."
I begged him, over and over, but my scorched throat could only force out hoarse, grating sounds.
Three days later, Mickey O'Brien stood at the altar in his suit, waiting for me.
What he got instead was my remains.