Chapter Eighteen
Coy
As usual, I went to the park in town where Lila and I would meet each morning at six—so we could watch the sunrise together. Only she wasn’t there. I went back just after dark, too, for our usual second meeting of the day. Again, she wasn’t there. I waited for her until midnight, but she still never showed up.
The next day was the same. That’s when I really started to worry. The day after was supposed to be our wedding day. I knew I had to do something to find out where she was and what the hell was going on.
Has she changed her mind about marrying me?
If the marriage was something she’d grown concerned about, we didn’t have to go through with it. I loved her and wanted to marry her, but I didn’t want to force her or make her feel pressured into doing something sh
