They destroyed her four wedding dresses hours before the wedding out of pure envy, but she arrived at the altar wearing something that made her own bl00d tremble with shame.

drawer of her dresser, she found a small handwritten note Ethan had once given her:

“No matter what happens, I choose you.”

She held onto those words tightly.

At the very back of the closet, untouched, was the one thing they had not dared to destroy.

Her Air Force dress uniform.

She put it on quietly. Every detail flawless. Every medal earned through real continue reading …