The Wedding She Never Wanted - A Karen Carpenter Fanfic

She sang about love. But no one wrote her a happy ending.

Karen Anne Carpenter was America's golden voice - pure, haunting, and unforgettable. To the world, she was elegance and grace. But to me, she was just Karen. My best friend since childhood.
My sister in every way that mattered.

August 31st, 1980. The Beverly Hills Hotel.
Karen's wedding day. She was 30 years old and finally walking toward the life she always dreamed of: a home, a husband, a family of her own. But behind the gown and carefully painted smile was a heart breaking in silence.

Only hours before the ceremony, Tom - the man she was about to marry - confessed he'd had a vasectomy. No children. No future. No choice. He told her when it was already too late to turn back.

And still...she went through with it.

I stood by her side that day, bouquet in hand, trying not to scream. I watched her lie to herself because it hurt too much to face the truth. And I've never forgotten the look in her eyes - like the music had stopped, and she was pretending not to notice.

This is the story of that day - the moments no one saw, the things no one said.
A story of friendship, quiet suffering, and the wedding she never wanted.