Goodbye and See You Never
My mother was dying. Her only wish before she passed was to see me married.
For 27 days, I begged my girlfriend, Monica Teller, and she finally agreed to register for marriage with me on the 27th day.
I waited at the courthouse until closing, but she never came.
That same day, her childhood sweetheart, Gurney Barnes, posted their marriage certificate on social media.
[Time sure flies. Three more days, and we'll have been married for a month.]
It was then I finally realized that she had married her childhood sweetheart since the first day I started begging her.
Not long after, an apology text from Monica buzzed on my phone.
[I'm so sorry, Lincoln. Gurney's family was forcing him into marriage. I couldn't stand by and watch him get shackled to a stranger. Just give it three days. We'll file for divorce. Three days later, I'll marry you."
Three days later, she showed up at the courthouse in a wedding gown,
But the only thing waiting for her was my message.
[Goodbye, Monica. May we never meet again.]