Love, Lies, and I Do
Guests clustered in tightly knotted groups, some trailing the sweet trace of perfume as they whispered, eyes darting to the empty bride’s and groom’s tables and the sagging, half-finished wedding cake that sat exposed beneath the harsh gleam of the overhead lights.
Denver stood in the middle of it all, his tie undone, jacket thrown over his shoulder. Across from him, India, his bride but not his wife, wore her white dress like protective armor, her eyes rimmed red from crying and laughing in the same hour. Around them, the survivors of Marcus’s family fled with tight-lipped dignity, but the rest—friends, coworkers, distant relatives—remained, torn between interest and worry.
“You know,” Indi
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