Back To You

Chapter 5: This isn't happening

~Alexandra

I get out of the car with my mom holding my arm.

"Where's my groom?" I ask again.

I looked at Mandy and her eyes started to well. She enveloped my hand with her two hands. Her husband, Dan came to hold his wife's body. Dan looked at me with a pained and guilt expression.

"He left, Alex. We don't know where he went. We just found out an hour ago. We came to his room to asked him to get ready but we didn't heard any response, we thought he's still asleep so we opened his door and found out that he's nowhere in the penthouse." My tears are falling from my eyes , I can't help to stop them. My heart is breaking to pieces as I listened to Drake's father. I can't help to ask why?

Why? Why,Drake?????

"But....." I heard Dan saying while still looking at me. Mandy is sniffing, trying to stop her tears. I can hear my mom crying. Dan continued, "but we found this in your picture frame in his room." He gave me the yellow sticky note.

I looked at the paper and my knees turned to jelly. I fell on the ground, people were all looking at me. If my heart was breaking in pieces when I heard that he left, now I think the broken pieces of my heart were being shattered into the tiniest bits of it.

The letter says " I CAN'T". It was Drake's handwriting. I don't know what to do, I don't know what to say. I crumpled the paper in my hand and screamed WHY.

Mandy, Dan and my Mom were holding me. After screaming why many times, I felt numb. My thoughts are getting haywire. I stand up and walk inside the church.

"I'm really sorry about this but you can just go directly at the reception if you want. We'll make it up to you all" Mandy speak to the guests.

I looked at the church. It's beautiful. This is what I've been dreaming of and Drake really made it come true. But he's not here. I bit my lip to stop it from quivering. I walk down the aisle until I reach the alter. This is where we are suppose to say our vows and share our kiss for the first time as husband and wife.

Why Drake? What did I do? Don't you love me anymore? Did you get tired of me suddenly? Why did you leave me? Aren't I your princess any more? But you still called me princess last night, didn't you? Why Drake??

I was snapped out from my thoughts when I heard an ambulance that's coming this way. There's a commotion outside. I run towards the entrance. Is it Drake?

I looked at the person being place in the stretcher.

"Mom" I say in a whisper.

I run from it and hold her hand. "Mom, what's happening?" I ask but she didn't answer. Her eyes were close.

I searched for Mandy or Dan. Mandy came in my view. "What happened to my mom?" I ask her. She put her hands on my shoulder. She's still crying. "I don't know Alex. She just fainted when we were talking. We tried to shake and wake her but she didn't move and that's when we called the ambulance."

The medical team took my mom on the ambulance I also got in. My mom needs me. She's the only one left now. I won't let her go.

"Who's Amelia Evans' family?"

Someone called out. I raised my hand abruptly and walked to the doctor who just spoke. "How is she? How is my mom?"

The doctor looked at me with pity. I'm still wearing my wedding gown and all the people I passed by looked at me curiously.

"You're mother has a breast cancer." To say that I'm shocked is an understatement. "And it's the end stage."

And for the second time I was on the ground.

"How come?...When?...... It isn't true, right?" I ask.

"It seemed that the patient kept this information for awhile. Maybe she doesn't want to let her family know."

"But I'm her only family!!!!!!" I yelled.

That's when Drake's parents came and hugged me.

Oh my God. This isn't happening!!!!!

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