Chapter 1
Lila’s pov
“God, I can’t do this,” I whispered into the dark garden, my voice cracking as fresh tears spilled down my cheeks.
The rehearsal dinner noise still floated out from the house behind me, all fake laughter and clinking glasses, but out here everything felt too quiet and too loud at the same time.
My chest hurt like someone had tied a rope around it and kept pulling tighter.
Tomorrow I was supposed to marry Daniel, sweet safe Daniel who kissed like he was scared he might break me, and right now that future looked like a cage closing in.
I wiped my face with the back of my hand but the tears kept coming.
The white silk slip I wore under my rehearsal dress clung to my skin from the warm night air and from the way my body kept shaking.
I should have gone back
