( she's had far too much to drink. the world blurs faintly in the corners of Betty's vision, her awareness and sense of preservation drops. she looks behind herself as she rounds a corner and as she does, finds herself faced with a stranger holding lace and speaking of proposals. ) I'm sorry. I'm already engaged.
I was-- I was engaged. Am. He left me on the altar. ( she babbles, spilling secrets off her tongue as the veil is placed on her head again. she'd worn one before, worn lace too and waited, waited, waited for a man that never showed up. a man that was meant to be hers, had been a good man as far as she'd known until she learned how twisted up he'd been inside by grief.
she watches, head tilted as Embry sinks down on his knee and lets a huff of laughter bubble from her chest. ) I have to know who's name I'm taking before I say I do.
( she'd wanted so badly once to be a bride, a wife, a mother too. )
— LET THEM EAT CAKE.
I was-- I was engaged. Am. He left me on the altar. ( she babbles, spilling secrets off her tongue as the veil is placed on her head again. she'd worn one before, worn lace too and waited, waited, waited for a man that never showed up. a man that was meant to be hers, had been a good man as far as she'd known until she learned how twisted up he'd been inside by grief.
she watches, head tilted as Embry sinks down on his knee and lets a huff of laughter bubble from her chest. ) I have to know who's name I'm taking before I say I do.
( she'd wanted so badly once to be a bride, a wife, a mother too. )