The Whole Town Swore My Fiancée Ran From Our Wedding — I Found Her in the Woods, and I Believed Her

“But be careful.

A lie repeated often enough begins to feel, to a whole town, like a remembered fact.”

Chapter 5 — She Opened Her Eyes

Vivienne opened her eyes at dawn the next day, and when they found mine, she began, silently, to weep.

“Callahan,” she breathed.

I pulled my chair to the bed and took her hand.

“I’m right here.

You’re safe now.