“But she was badly injured.”
I stared at him.
“How badly?”
“She had multiple fractures. A serious head injury. Internal injuries.”
His mother was crying openly now.
“She spent weeks in the hospital.”
I thought about the photograph.
“The wedding dress.”Rent Evening Dresses
Daniel closed his eyes.
“That picture was taken that morning.”
Before the crash.
Before everything changed.
I looked at him.
“So your brothers call me your second wife because you almost married Joanna?”
Daniel opened his eyes.
“No.”
My stomach tightened again.
“Then why?”
He looked toward the VHS.
“Because we did.”
I stopped breathing.
“What?”
“Not legally.”
I stared at him.
Mark quietly moved toward the television cabinet.
There was an old VCR inside.
I had forgotten we still owned it.
Daniel nodded.
“Put the tape in.”
The machine groaned.
Static filled the screen.
Then the picture appeared.
A hospital room.
The camera shook slightly.
