“Out of marrying me?”
Julian looked ashamed.
“Out of everything.”
I stepped backward.
For months, I had imagined Adrian’s last moments.
I wondered if he had been afraid. If he had thought about me.
Instead, he survived and decided pretending to be dead was easier than telling me the truth.
Music began inside the ceremony space.
Julian grabbed my arm.
“Meredith, please don’t do anything.”
I pulled away.
“Don’t touch me.”
Then Colleen appeared.
She looked between us and closed her eyes.
“You told her.”
“He didn’t have to,” I
