th Ben, who never answered her phone and replied to her messages; she wanted to ask the man to explain the photo she found yesterday on one of the man's social media. Lizzy opened the

ill perched on the hinge. Rakia shook her head in frustration. She brushed her h

. She was ready to cry but managed to hold it in by biting her lip. Just as Lizzy was about to move to pick up

llo," sa

t, right with Mis

t. Who am I

ding, would like to confirm that Mr Benjamin Hudson has can

sed at that moment. Rakia could on

your time, an

out Rakia responding to the

onfused when her best friend sud

waited with confusion and curiosity. Then Rakia's tears broke

you? Why? Accident?" Ask

wedding," Rakia sai

in a half-whispered voic

ment. Starting with the man telling her he was going to Brazil suddenly, the communication slowly diminished until he finally got dumped. Raki

give space to Rakia to calm down. Before Lizzy le

h her other hand, and tried to stop her sobs. Her heart was in a lot of pain right now; mayb

ter all we've been through, he managed to convince me that he is a man who keeps his promises,

n, and had the heart to do this hurtful thing to me?" The question seemed to a

cruel thing; regardless of whether it's a good or bad deed, there must be

e and looked up at the ceiling to drive away the tears in her eyes; a few drops managed to spill down her face. She inhaled dee

f he doesn't tell me the reason for doing this, I won't

accepting this bitter reality. She knew her wound wouldn't heal

zy caressed Rakia's hair be

asked Rakia intending to ask permission to eat he

tudy, she stopped, turned towards the room, and opened the door. She stared at her wedding dress hanging on a hanger, still wrapped in grey plastic; only the bottom tassel was visible. Rakia stepped deeper into the dress; she put the cake she brought on Lizzy's work table and took the dress from its place. Suddenly an idea crossed her mind about the dress. She grabbed the cake she had kept on the table and walked into the backyard, which w

ided ample light. Lizzy secured her cake on the dining table and returned inside the house to retrieve the coat hanger whe

y came when Rakia was just

the room she had in this house to get her cell phone, stopped briefly in the kitchen to get lighter and returned to the backyard. Lizzy stood waiting on the little

onight's show," Rakia said,

Lizzy nodded and gave a thumbs-up. Rakia got ready and thought about what she would say on the l

for taking her picture. Then Rakia was called to start recording. She was intelligent at stringing words with the proper expression even though her eyes were puffy, but she didn't care. Lizzy enjoyed her best friend babbling through the ce

to appear. Within minutes, the number of viewers for the live broadcast increased, and comments from netizens continued to appear. Rakia felt that something was missing from the show until she got up to take a chair