SIN WITH ME: MY HUSBAND'S GODFATHER
It smelled like cedar and smoke, and for some reason, that specific scent completely broke me.
The dam shattered.
I didn't just cry. I sobbed. It was the ugly, chest-heaving, snot-nosed kind of crying where you can't catch your breath. I buried my face in my wet knees and let it out, the agonizing realization that my life, my wedding, my future, my best friend, all of it was gone. It was just gone.
I heard ice clinking into a glass. A moment later, a crystal tumbler was pressed firmly into my trembling hand.