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00:03at my wedding my fiance slapped me across the face all for his bridesmaid right in front of
00:09our parents that same day i threw my ring away and called off the wedding everyone thought i
00:14was just throwing a tantrum after all caleb and i had grown up together i'd been in love with him
00:19since we were kids i followed him around like a shadow for 20 whole years but this time i was
00:26dead
00:26serious later when he finally trapped me down why just because of one slap yes just because of one
00:34slap the second his hand connected with my face a sudden metallic taste of blood flooded my mouth
00:42after the sharp echoing crack of the slap the entire ballroom fell dead silent the left side of
00:49my face went numb then it burst into a burning pain i looked up at him my fiancee caleb westbrook
00:56all because i caught natalie hawthorne trying on my wedding dress without permission all because
01:02i refused to let her be my bridesmaid even caleb looks stunned by what he'd done enough vanessa
01:10stop making a scene the ceremony's starting can you just be reasonable for once natalie stood right
01:17beside him biting her lip her eyes turning glossy and red oh my god caleb don't it's my fault
01:24i shouldn't have tried it on without ass i just loved it so much i'm so sorry i didn't mean
01:29it
01:29to step down as your bridesmaid please can you guys just stop fighting caleb shot her look
01:36vanessa if you don't want to do this then leave we have guests waiting out there
01:40this is not the place for your tantrums humiliation hurt fury they all surged up at once lodging themselves in
01:48my throat tears burned in my eyes but i refused to let them fall in front of all the guests
01:53i slid
01:54the diamond ring off my finger then turned around and walked away i was done explaining myself and i
02:01sure wasn't staying there to be humiliated in front of everyone honestly caleb had never been prince
02:07charming but that was the first time he hit me more than that in my entire 25 years of life
02:13that was
02:14the first time anyone had ever struck me caleb and i went way back his grandpa walter and my grandpa
02:21served in the army together we grew up in the same neighborhood literally next door neighbors i had been
02:27in love with him since i was a little girl when i was five a boy at the playground snatched
02:32my toys
02:33he pulled my hair dumped bugs straight into my backpack i ran crying to my mother eleanor she went
02:40to confront the boy's parents but they just brushed it off as kids will be kids grandpa walter was having
02:45dinner at our house that night when he heard what happened he called caleb over he told him to watch
02:51my back out there from now on caleb was two years older than me when he heard i'd been bullied
02:56he caught that boy by the playground slide pinned him to the dirt and beat him up caleb had always
03:02been big for his age he had this mean untouchable edge to him by the time he was done that
03:08boy and his
03:09two friends were bawling their eyes out anyone touches vanessa they deal with me that was the exact moment
03:17i fell for him from that day on i became his shadow i followed him every single day wherever he
03:25went
03:25i was right behind him caleb hated it at first but i never stopped trailing after him eventually
03:32he got used to it and stopped telling me to leave he would carry my backpack tilt the umbrella toward
03:37me when it rained and whenever i called his name he'd turn around right away at my 18th birthday party
03:43walter joked around well if these two are this and separated maybe we should just make it official one
03:49day i saw his ears turn red and i'm marrying caleb
03:56but six years ago everything shattered that fall natalie hawthorne arrived she was the daughter of his
04:03mother's friend she had just moved back from london and was staying at his house temporarily she was
04:09gorgeous with perfect natural curls and a soft breathy accent the very first day she moved in caleb brought
04:17her along to pick me up from campus oh my god so this is your little sister vanessa she's so
04:24cute
04:25literally covered in pink wait how old are you again you're in college right you still dress like
04:31a little girl and no one's ever said anything my face instantly burned red i loved pink i was obsessed
04:38with it my clothes my tumblr my hair clips my jewelry my phone case even my fingernails were pink
04:46people had teased me for it plenty of times but no one had ever talked down to me like that
04:51before
04:52with such fake over-the-top pity my face burned i just stood there completely tongue-tied relax i'm just
05:01super blunt don't tell me i offended the princess already seeing my reaction natalie just smiled and
05:08winked all right that's enough caleb cut through the tension impatiently i turned around he was
05:13staring at natalie brows drawn tight clearly annoyed ooh the princess knight in shining armor what i can't
05:22even make a joke seriously what's your problem that night caleb told our parents what happened diana
05:28smoothed it over immediately she told natalie to lay off the jokes and she pushed caleb to take
05:34us both out on weekends so we could bond from that day on natalie was always around i didn't know
05:41exactly when she and caleb got so close every afternoon caleb used to bring me a strawberry milkshake
05:47after class but one day he handed me an iced americano i barely drink coffee you know that i stared
05:54at
05:55the iced coffee my chest tightening come on you only like the milkshake because it's pink that stuff's
06:01basically melted sugar try drinking something healthier across from him natalie lifted an identical
06:08iced americano oops sorry shortcake i was craving coffee so i told caleb to grab these but honestly
06:15milkshakes are kind of a lot do girls like you seriously drink that stuff every day
06:23do you always give people nicknames for a second she froze then came the wounded expression why are
06:30you making it such a big deal i was joking you're being way too sensitive don't you think am i
06:37sensitive
06:38or did you do it on purpose enough vanessa caleb cut in sharply she just moved here sometimes she speaks
06:44without
06:45thinking stop taking it so personally my blood was boiling then maybe she should think before she talks
06:56hey hey all right my bad how about this tomorrow i'll get you avanta strawberry milkshake
07:04deal my little princess hearing that natalie's smile disappeared she stared dead at me
07:11from that day on natalie actively targeted me whenever i pulled out a pink pack of tissues she would
07:19gasp dramatically wow even your tissues are pink what are you trying to turn yourself into barbie at dinner
07:26whenever i wiped down my silverware before evening there it is princess mode activated during summer break
07:34i was hauling suitcases down from my dorm oh the princess can't carry her own luggage someone get
07:41this girl a night every single time she did this her friends would crack up at first caleb actually
07:50stepped in he would tell her to knock it off relax i'm kidding vanessa's too guarded
07:59i'm helping her loosen up and actually bond with people she's a bit high maintenance
08:06is that just a girl thing natalie punched his shoulder playfully hey caleb don't lump me in with
08:12those girls i'm definitely not like them caleb laughed it was such a gentle smile my chest tightened
08:20with a sour ache i always knew he thought i was spoiled and threw little tantrums maybe to guys like
08:27him liking pink hating germs and not being physically strong just meant you were a high maintenance princess
08:35but finally i snapped it was a friend's birthday party i wore a fitted pink button down over a white
08:42cami to the club when natalie saw me she practically shrieked oh my god vanessa are you serious right now
08:52pink with a white cami what's this a teen drama no seriously i'm dying do you think you're the main
08:59character look at you you look like what's the word one of those girls trying way too hard to look
09:07cute
09:07like a barbie doll that wandered onto the wrong set hilarious she cracked up with a few guys who'd
09:15been mocking me since we were kids even caleb seemed genuinely amused the corner of his mouth twitched
09:22a tidal wave of humiliation and shame swallowed me alive while they were laughing i grabbed my glass
09:28and tossed my drink right into her face natalie gasped wiping furiously at her wet face her makeup
09:35melted black mascara completely streaked down her cheeks she coughed violently what the hell is
09:42wrong with you are you insane oh my god i mocked her tone perfectly look at your heavy contour fake
09:50lashes and that dress that barely covers your ass what are you a hooker some trashy little club princess
09:56caleb scowled and stepped between us he yanked the glass right out of my hand vanessa apologize
10:04he looked down at me his brow furrowed my eyes burned as i stared dead at him didn't you hear
10:10what
10:10she said to me she mocked me first that's not the point you already insulted her back now apologize for
10:17throwing the drink when you do something wrong you own it stop acting like a child he said it with
10:24such
10:24casual authority just say sorry she won't hold it against you fuck off vanessa what's gotten into
10:33you you leave for college and suddenly this is how you talk apologize right now i scoffed turned on my
10:40heel and walked straight out of the club three days later caleb showed up he brought my favorite strawberry
10:46milkshake to campus it had pink whipped cream on top with my favorite flamingo straw sticking out of it
10:52he stood below the balcony of my dorm building vanessa come down i owe you an apology i stood on
11:00the
11:00balcony looking down at him the wind made my eyes sting i went downstairs and took the shake from him
11:06i took a sip it was sweet but my chest still felt tight and heavy do you actually think i'm
11:12spoiled
11:13petty and making a big deal out of nothing he fell silent for a long time natalie's just blunt she
11:19doesn't mean any harm just let it go you take everything way too personally vanessa
11:25that's probably why you have no friends the milkshake sat heavy in my throat i couldn't swallow it
11:30couldn't spit it out so that was it no matter how badly i was hurt i was always the petty
11:36one with
11:36caleb always too sensitive too dramatic from that day on our relationship just went on autopilot we were
11:44together but something between us had gone cold after we finished grad school our parents started
11:50bringing up marriage more and more they thought it was time we settled down caleb didn't object so the
11:56wedding was set for my 25th birthday on the big day natalie was already standing in the bridal suite
12:02wearing my wedding dress she said she just wanted to see how it looked on her i let out a
12:07disbelieving
12:08laugh she glanced at the red reception dress i had just changed into wrinkled her nose honestly red is
12:16definitely not your color vanessa it looks hideous on you take it off if you want to try on a
12:21wedding
12:22dress so badly go rent one that one is mine but she just did a little twirl in front of
12:27me oh come on
12:29you've already worn it for the ceremony caleb said he didn't mind why are you being so possessive
12:36that was it i reached out and grabbed the fabric it's my wedding dress give it back as we struggled
12:43her foot caught on something she tripped and fell hard onto the floor her carefully styled hair tumbled
12:50into a messy heap at that exact moment the door flew open caleb rushed in his eyes landed on natalie
12:57and without a single second of hesitation he raised his hand and slapped me straight across the face it was
13:05raining when i walked out of the ballroom a brutal august storm heavy drops smashed against the pavement
13:11i walked step by step into the freezing rain still wearing that red reception dress natalie had just
13:19mocked behind me my mother's voice tore through the storm vanessa vanessa come back
13:26oh for god's sake what is wrong with her throwing a tantrum throwing a tantrum at her
13:32own wedding this is so embarrassing i didn't look back my heel caught in a puddle my ankle twisted
13:39and i nearly fell so i yanked off both heels walked barefoot on the soaking wet pavement the muddy water
13:47was freezing and filthy but i couldn't care less when i walked past the main gates the hotel security guard
13:54stared at me like i'd lost my mind well a barefoot bride walking into a thunderstorm
14:00i probably did look insane my phone buzzed non-stop in my purse i pulled it out dozens of texts
14:08from
14:08relatives and friends what happened is everything okay why did you leave i powered the phone off and
14:15flagged down a cab the driver hesitated when he saw me dripping wet but eventually unlocked the doors
14:21where to i gave him an address an old apartment i shared with a friend back in college
14:26she had moved to san francisco but she kept the lease and left me a spare key the ride took
14:3240
14:32minutes i shivered the entire way i wasn't sure if it was from the cold or something else when i
14:40arrived i dug through my soaked purse i only had 200 in cash and a debit card my phone was
14:47completely dead
14:48my phone buzzed non-stop in my purse i pulled it out dozens of texts from relatives and friends
14:55what happened is everything okay why did you leave i powered the phone off and flagged down a cab
15:02the driver hesitated when he saw me dripping wet but eventually unlocked the doors where to i gave him
15:09an address an old apartment i shared with a friend back in college she had moved to san francisco but
15:15she
15:15kept the lease and left me a spare key the ride took 40 minutes i shivered the entire way i
15:22wasn't
15:22sure if it was from the cold or something else when i arrived i dug through my soaked purse i
15:28only had
15:29200 in cash and a debit card my phone was completely dead i climbed the stairs and unlocked the door
15:37the apartment was dead empty just a bare mattress and a single folding chair i peeled off the
15:45heavy soaked dress crawled into an old blanket she had left behind curling into a tight ball finally
15:53the tears started falling it wasn't even heartbreak anymore it wasn't anger either it was just a
16:01suffocating emptiness i'd loved caleb for almost my entire life when i was five he beat up the boys who
16:09bullied me i thought he was the bravest person in the world when i was eight i scraped my me
16:15he crouched
16:16down and put a band-aid on it his hands had been clumsy but so careful when i was 15
16:22i bombed a test
16:24he stayed on the phone with me for hours saying it's one test vanessa you'll be fine when i was
16:3118
16:32i got accepted into college he bought me a pink crystal bracelet my little princess finally grew up
16:41but when did everything change was it the day natalie showed up or was it even earlier than that
16:48maybe he'd never loved me maybe i was just a needy friend he had to look after
16:53a shadow he just couldn't shake off he treated me well not out of love but out of habit he
17:01was used to
17:02me following him around used to my clinginess but natalie was different she was independent fiercely
17:10opinionated and bluntly outspoken she didn't need him to act as her knight in shining armor she even
17:17challenged him to caleb maybe that was a mature equal relationship not a childish high maintenance
17:24princess who needed constant coddling those thoughts spiraled until i eventually passed out from
17:31exhaustion in my dreams i was five years old again after he finished beating up those boys he turned his
17:38head and looked at me sunlight hit his face anyone touches vanessa they deal with me but the very next
17:46second the dream shifted he was standing in the grand ballroom staring at me with an ice cold face
17:53before slapping me across the cheek i jolted awake sweat slicked my skin the storm had passed the sky
18:01was starting to turn pale i plugged in my phone powered it on it vibrated for three straight minutes
18:09flooded with messages most were from my mother starting from a panicked vanessa where are
18:16you to please answer me and finally do you have any idea what this has done to both families
18:25then there were a few texts from caleb where are you vanessa are you done with this yet pick up
18:33the very last one was sent at 2 a.m just one line are you happy now i stared at
18:40that text
18:41a bitter laugh escaped my lips he slapped me across the face and now he actually had the guts to
18:49text
18:49me are you happy now just like always to him this was totally my fault i was being unreasonable i
18:59ruined
18:59our perfect wedding i didn't reply to anyone i opened door dash and ordered some hot chicken soup the buzzer
19:07sounded i assumed it was the chicken soup i pulled open the door but it wasn't the delivery guy it
19:14was
19:14caleb he was still wearing the same gray wedding suit dark circles bruised the skin beneath his eyes
19:21like he hadn't slept all night he took one look at my pale face and froze i knew exactly how
19:30pathetic
19:30i looked i was drowning in a baggy old t-shirt someone left behind and i still had the faint
19:36red
19:37handprint on my left cheek he stared at me for a few seconds his throat bobbed you stayed here last
19:44night
19:44i didn't answer him just turned and walked back inside he followed me inside scanning the completely
19:50bare room his brows drawing together you're staying here there's not even a bed none of your business
19:57i sat down on the mattress picked up a cup and took a sip of water he walked over and
20:03towered above me
20:04looking down come home let's finish the wedding we can pretend yesterday never happened
20:13i slowly looked up at him his face was so incredibly calm caleb do you honestly think i can't live
20:20without you
20:23what i said i'm not marrying you we're done his brow furrowed into a tight knot vanessa do you even
20:33hear
20:33yourself i do i'm perfectly clear why just because of one slap i didn't mean it given the situation what
20:45situation you saw natalie on the floor and you hit me you didn't ask why you didn't ask what she
20:54did to
20:54me you didn't even give me a chance to explain you just hit me do you even know what she
21:02did she wore
21:03my wedding dress on my wedding day she put it on without my permission i told her to take it
21:10off
21:10and she refused we argued i tried to pull it off her then you walked in and you hit me
21:17for no reason
21:20tell me caleb what did i do wrong she'd never worn one before she was just curious did you really
21:27have
21:27to make such a huge deal out of it did you really have to hit me
21:34caleb i chased you for 20 years i loved you for 20 years i've been your loyal shadow for 20
21:42years
21:43i thought you were just bad at expressing yourself
21:47i thought you loved me and didn't know how to say it but that slap yesterday finally woke me up
21:53you never loved me you got used to me i'm just an accessory to you someone you could snap your
22:00fingers at whenever it suited you but natalie you'll back her up in public you'll hit me for her
22:06because deep down caleb she is more important to you not true say it caleb tell me what it actually
22:13is
22:14he couldn't say a single thing i let out a bitter laugh get out i already threw the ring away
22:23the wedding
22:24is cancelled i'll deal with our families and the fallout from now on we're completely done don't
22:30ever reach out to me again he didn't move he stood there for a long time finally he muttered cool
22:38off for
22:38a few days i'll come back when you've calmed down then he turned around and walked out the second the
22:45door shut my legs gave out i sank to the floor burying my face in my arms i was the
22:52one who
22:53initiated the breakup who canceled the wedding but why why did my chest still hurt this much for the
23:01next three days i locked myself in that empty apartment ignored every call my mother was losing it
23:09she texted me that she and my father were already on their way i just replied i'm fine please don't
23:16come on the third afternoon the doorbell rang i checked the peephole it was her with no choice left
23:22i opened the door when she stepped inside her eyes welled up with tears oh sweetheart you've lost so much
23:31weight you look so pale have you even eaten anything as she scolded me she started pulling thermoses out
23:40of her tote bag i know you're hurting i know what happened humiliated you but starving yourself won't fix
23:48it my nose stung tears threatened again my father stood in the doorway his face was dangerously grim
23:59i've already talked to caleb's parents if you want to call the whole thing off just say the word
24:04i have your back drop it arthur what laying a hand on my daughter right in front of me
24:13who the hell does he think he is i didn't raise her to be his punching bag she let out
24:19a heavy sigh
24:19and didn't argue back i knew this had hurt them too decades of friendship between our families and now
24:27they were stuck in the middle of this mess the wedding ruined everything mom dad i'm sorry i'm
24:36sorry for putting you through this stop talking nonsense i don't care about any of that i only care
24:43that you're okay i only care that you're okay that night my mother stayed with me and my father
24:51checked into a hotel nearby she lay next to me on that bare mattress just like when i was little
24:58vanessa be honest with me okay do you still love him i stayed quiet for a long time
25:08i loved him for 20 years you don't just turn that off overnight
25:14but mom i don't want to love him anymore i know sweetie then take it slow i'm right here with
25:21you
25:22staring into the dark i cried without making a sound on the fourth day caleb came back but this time
25:29was with him he wasn't alone natalie was with him
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