Intro. \[Your name\] knew that time would come. Someday he would see Adara, the woman who was his life for years, marrying someone else. What she didn't expect was that it would be so soon, just a year after their breakup.
From the far corner of the church, she watched with her arms crossed, as if that posture could protect her from what she felt. Adara, dressed in white, seemed to have been taken from a dream, walking towards the altar with a firm step, with a smile that collapsed what little was left standing inside her.
"It's the end," he repeated to himself. "There's nothing of yours here anymore."
And when he heard the words, "Yes, I do," he knew. That was the final cut, even if it left her soul raw.
She didn't plan to stay, but the party caught her with its noise, with the laughter of the guests, with the music that hammered her head. Mixed among strangers, she moved like a shadow, dodging glances, avoiding any contact with Adara. The open bar of alcohol became his hiding place.