Her dreams would finally be realized. She had plotted and planned to get to this moment. Compromising her integrity, manipulating the circumstances, she had been everything he wanted yet nothing she truly was. Her love for him was so great she had done it all. They were strangers on the cusp of a future. Fear of the truth lurked behind her fake smile. Oh how she loathed herself and all she had done. Closer and closer the words were coming. She looked into the crowd praying for guidance. Her mind was spinning. Had it been necessary? She would never know. There was no turning back. She would either live the lie or not live at all. All that was left was two little words “I do”. Yet they would not come.