The Abusive Man(EDITING AT THE MOMENT)

Chapter 23:On The Run Again

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FLASHBACK

I looked at my reflection in the mirror and thought about how crazy it was that I was wearing this white wedding gown.
It was elegant and silk that showed my every curve, a dress that left little to the imagination.
It was a dress that Liam would love to see me in..One that he had asked me to pick so he could rip the fabric from my body on our wedding night.

"This dress is so not you."Claire was standing slightly behind me in the dressing room,a discussed look on her face.

But who could blame her? This dress was hideous, not at all what we had always talked about as we grew up.
A princess style dress with pearls and lace has always been my top pick and she knew it.
She also knew that Liam wasn't the Guy for me and didn't agree with this at all..But I knew that too.

I was biding time,Just like I always do!

"It doesn't matter what the dress looks like because I'm not actually marrying him."I whispered.

"Are you not? Because you're standing in a wedding boutique trying on wedding dresses.
You're marrying that Guy!!"

For a long time I've been telling her that I was leaving him,so I understand her disbelief.
But this time I was leaving him..No matter what happens I'm not marrying that Man.

"I'm leaving him..I swear.."

"Emilia,Darling..I found the most wonderful veil to match that dress."Annalise interrupted from the other side of the dressing room.

Claire opened the door slightly and I poked my head out."Thank you,I'll be out in a minute."

Claire closed the door and looked at me."She's taking over but at least she's being a decent human being."

She was right,ever since Liam proposed to me she's been on her best behaviour.
It was like suddenly she approved of me because I was marrying her son.

"She's making it bearable,thankfully."
I looked at myself in the mirror."As for this dress, It's perfect."

"It's silk and it's tight,not at all what you've always talked about wearing on your wedding day."

I smiled lightly."Exactly, This is not the wedding I want and he is not the man I want to be with.
I'm not going to marry him."

We looked in the mirror again, eyeing up the dress we despised because it was everything that Liam wanted and it was everything that I hated.

"You know..Someday you're going to find a guy who loves you for exactly who you are.
Liam Phillips.. He's not that Guy!!"

END OF FLASHBACK

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Spending these last few months with Zach had me thinking, maybe I had found that perfect Guy for me.
I had to go through rough times in my life to find him.

BUT MAYBE NOT!!

I looked down at a framed photo of us on the sideboard,one that I had taken of one of our lazy days in bed.
Both of us were smiling..Looking so happy and in Love.
We didn't know it then, but we were.

I took the photo from the frame and put it in my backpack. I want to have something of him at least.
I looked around his home, the home that I've called mine for so long.
I really thought we had something..But obviously I was wrong.