I stood in a white dress in front of the altar, squeezing the bouquet so hard that my fingers numb. < img src = "https://zycie.news/crrops/d78efe/620x0/1/0/2024/12/31/pvyzcjh4tcsw23NPrubruub0z4p9ww2xp1n9kpb9mkil.jpg" alt = "wedding @pexels" styles = "background-color: rgba (152,147,139.1)" > < p > everyone looked at the door of the church.

< p > but they did not open.

< p > passed minutes. Ten. Twenty. P & oacute; ł hours.

< p > and then I realized that he would not come.

< p > Last evening he sent me a message:

< p > — & AMP; BDQUO; I love you. Tomorrow we will start our cooperation. < p > said he couldn't wait to see me in a wedding dress.

< p > and now & hellip; disappeared.

< p > did not answer the phone, it was not at home.

< p > The family was looking for him everywhere.

< p > I stood still.

< p > I did not cry.

< p > I didn't shout.

< p > I was too shocked to feel anything.

< p > only after three days I heard the truth.

< P >He was seen by a friend of my cousin & ndash; in a cafe, with another woman.

< p > they holding hands.

< p > he looked & hellip; happily.

< p > sensitive whisper. Kiss. ​​

< p > and ring on her hand.

< p > the same as m & oacute; j.

< p > I did not believe.

< p > but a week after he left me in the church, photos appeared on the internet.

< p > on.

< p > smiling.

< p > in a suit.

< p > with her & ndash; in a wedding dress.

< p > against the background of another church.

< p > another city.

< p > other life.

< p > the one who was to create with me.

< p > for a month I did not leave the house.

< p > I didn't eat.

< p > I didn't sleep.

< p > I broke up at night with a nightmare & oacute; in which & oacute; rych & oacute; in I waited for him in front of the altar, and he just did not come.

< p > and then one day, as if fate decided to finish me, I got a letter.

< p > no mail, not news.

< p > letter.

< p > his letter.

< p > — & AMP; Bdquo; forgive. I understood that you are not the one from which & oacute; I want to spend my life. I felt everything differently with her. I didn't have the courage to tell you. I hope you will understand someday. & Amp;

< p > no.

< p > I will not understand.

< p > I will not forgive.

< p > and I will never forget.

< p > took me more than a dream of marriage.

< p > took my faith in people, in love, in security.

< p > but he failed to pick me up:

< p > dignity.

< p > today know & oacute; in I can smile.

< p > but m & oacute; j smile is no longer naive.

< p > is the strength of a woman who went through hell in a white dress & ndash; and survived.

Natasha Kumar

By Natasha Kumar

Natasha Kumar has been a reporter on the news desk since 2018. Before that she wrote about young adolescence and family dynamics for Styles and was the legal affairs correspondent for the Metro desk. Before joining The Times Hub, Natasha Kumar worked as a staff writer at the Village Voice and a freelancer for Newsday, The Wall Street Journal, GQ and Mirabella. To get in touch, contact me through my natasha@thetimeshub.in 1-800-268-7116