The Groom Who Chose a Ghost

One hour before her wedding, Louise Landry gets a photo from her groom's terminally-ill ex: the woman is wearing Louise's chosen gown on Ethan's arm, and she is smiling. Ethan has quietly given the dress, the ceremony, and the altar to Anna — the childhood sweetheart he could never fully cut loose — because "she is dying and it is only a ceremony." He locks Louise in the waiting room while the guests applaud Anna walking down the aisle in Louise's place, her face pasted over Louise's in every engagement photo. Louise does not beg. She takes off the gown, walks out, and ends it. Over the days that follow Ethan keeps circling back, certain his sincerity will wear her down. Louise stays cold and clear-eyed: she forwards proof of Anna's cruelty to Anna's own respectable parents, so the shield of illness finally turns against the woman who used it. Beside her the whole time are Charlotte Sanders, the best friend who warned her, and Charlotte's brother Seth — the quiet man who has loved Louise for eight years, one year longer than Ethan ever knew her. A staged rooftop "confession," a marriage certificate signed at City Hall, and a bouquet of the same roses Ethan once gave two different women bring the triangle to a head. Louise chooses the man who will always put her first, breaks the news to two stunned families, and drives off toward a destination wedding of her own making — proof she never once lacked the courage to begin again. Themes: betrayal, dignity over begging, second-chance love, quiet revenge. Heroine-POV, first person. Complete short (10 chapters).

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  • Author: last_page_crier
  • Chapters: 10
  • Status: Completed

One hour before her wedding, Louise Landry gets a photo from her groom's terminally-ill ex: the woman is wearing Louise's chosen gown on Ethan's arm, and she is smiling. Ethan has quietly given the dress, the ceremony, and the altar to Anna — the childhood sweetheart he could never fully cut loose — because "she is dying and it is only a ceremony." He locks Louise in the waiting room while the guests applaud Anna walking down the aisle in Louise's place, her face pasted over Louise's in every engagement photo. Louise does not beg. She takes off the gown, walks out, and ends it. Over the days that follow Ethan keeps circling back, certain his sincerity will wear her down. Louise stays cold and clear-eyed: she forwards proof of Anna's cruelty to Anna's own respectable parents, so the shield of illness finally turns against the woman who used it. Beside her the whole time are Charlotte Sanders, the best friend who warned her, and Charlotte's brother Seth — the quiet man who has loved Louise for eight years, one year longer than Ethan ever knew her. A staged rooftop "confession," a marriage certificate signed at City Hall, and a bouquet of the same roses Ethan once gave two different women bring the triangle to a head. Louise chooses the man who will always put her first, breaks the news to two stunned families, and drives off toward a destination wedding of her own making — proof she never once lacked the courage to begin again. Themes: betrayal, dignity over begging, second-chance love, quiet revenge. Heroine-POV, first person. Complete short (10 chapters).