Walking away from him shouldn't have been this hard. Not after years of fraught conversations and continued heartbreaks. Not when he had given up on himself long before he'd ever gave up on her.

"Ezra - " she started as her expression fell. That she used his given name as opposed to Mr. Applegate was something she prayed wouldn't be remarked upon by others. This wedding was meant to be amongst friends, surely there was no one present that would wish them harm. "I'm sorry." Sorry for having caused this encounter, sorry for forcing them down this path, sorry that they'd never gotten to experience this day themselves.

"I'm sorry it's come to this."

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