THE VOWS: To Have and To Hold

Maisie learned early that marriage was a question asked long before it ever arrived.

"𝘒𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘬𝘢 𝘱𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘨-𝘢𝘢𝘴𝘢𝘸𝘢?"
"𝘔𝘢𝘨-𝘢𝘢𝘴𝘢𝘸𝘢 𝘬𝘢 𝘱𝘢 𝘣𝘢? 𝘔𝘢𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘱 𝘵𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘢𝘨-𝘪𝘴𝘢."

Those questions lingered and followed her like bees drawn to flowers-or perhaps like gossip that refused to fade. Her mother's growing impatience didn't help either, especially when she began arranging a marriage Maisie never anticipated-or rather, one they never anticipated.

But in a union born not of choice but of circumstance, will Maisie find the courage to love, to trust, and to begin again-discovering that marriage is not the ending, but the beginning?