Outside, a motorcycle growls down the street, then fades. Somewhere in the building, somebody laughs at a television show. Life goes on with obscene confidence while your marriage starts cracking open before it has even survived one night.
You rise from the bed so quickly your veil, still pinned low in your hair, catches on the blanket and tears free. The tiny pearls scatter across the floorboards with delicate, stupid sounds. You stand there in your high-necked dress, breathing hard, suddenly aware of every inch of fabric against your scarred skin.
“You saw me,” you say. “You looked at my face, my neck, my arms… and you said nothing.”
His voice is soft. “I saw you before that.”
The room stills.
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