I No Longer Dream of Tender Nights
Jeanne kept her eyes shut, silent.
The next morning, Alyssa walked in wearing a pure white wedding gown. She leaned forward, deliberately flashing the pendant at Jeanne. "You're so pathetic, Jeanne," she said with a smug smile. "I warned you to leave while you could. This pendant is so tacky, but Darren insisted I wear it as part of my dowry."
She didn't know Jeanne had already lost the will to live. A pendant meant nothing anymore. Even if Darren brought out her mother's ashes to threaten her, she wouldn't flinch.