I Came Here by My Own Choice

And when I came back from the honeymoon, I was going to find out what.

Chapter 10 — Twenty-Four Days

For twenty-four days, I did not contact my family.

For twenty-four days, they did not notice my silence.

Lennox and I spent a short honeymoon in a small mountain cabin, off the grid.

We hiked, we drank cheap wine by the fire, and he never once pushed me to talk about the empty side of the chapel.