Back Where It Started

“If you like it, then we’ll go with this…” I said as I quickly typed out a reply to Lucy.

We were scheduled to meet up with Lucy and her team later today to go through the plans for the actual day of the wedding. According to her, being at the venue would also help me picture what the wedding would turn out to be like. With Hayden’s approval, the meeting at the church was going to happen today in the afternoon.

“Thank you for driving me and coming to see the venue with me…” I thanked him when we arrived at the church.

It was the same church where we had our first disastrous attempt at a wedding, but it felt so different now. Unlike the fear, anxiety, and stress that I felt on the day that I was forced here to marry Hayden, I felt only happiness and hope when I stepped out of the car onto the church grounds. The other difference was that Hayden was here with me willingly.

“Don’t fall on your face. Why are you even wearing heels?” Hayden warned before he started complaining a little