#Chapter 29: The Perfect Dress

I was completely silent as my hair and makeup were worked on. I was replaying my murder in my head over and over again. The thought of walking down the aisle with David again made me feel sick to my stomach. I didn’t try to hide the miserable expression on my face; I was sure it would be attributed to my argument with Amanda or just the stress of being a bride. The truth was, it was much more than that. Despite the plan I had in place, I was terrified that everything was still going to fail and I would be trapped, repeating the cycle with David. I didn’t want to lose my family again. I didn’t want to lose everything to him and Amanda. I wish I had been able to speak to Alexander properly. He had such an easy way of reassuring me—just being able to talk to him made me feel better. His allyship was the only thing I had to rely on in this life. I couldn’t tell anyone the truth about the situation, and so the fact that Alexander was on my side was th