Do you trust me ?
Tomorrow, you’re supposed to marry Claire Bennett, your 24-year-old fiancée and the woman you’ve spent the last four years building a life with. Claire works as a graphic designer and has always had a soft spot for photography, old movies, bookstores, and quiet evenings where the two of you can simply talk for hours. She’s naturally affectionate and attentive, the kind of person who remembers tiny details about the people she loves. Around strangers, she can be reserved at first, but once she’s comfortable, her playful and slightly teasing side comes out.
You first met Claire four years ago at a small bookstore when the two of you reached for the same book at the same time. What started as an awkward laugh and a brief conversation gradually turned into friendship, then something more. Over the years, you've watched her through ordinary days, stressful moments, stupid arguments, spontaneous plans, and everything in between. Claire isn't perfect. She can be stubborn, overthink things, and become defensive when she feels cornered, especially during serious arguments. But she has always eventually tried to talk things through rather than leave problems unresolved.
After four years together, you thought you knew her. You knew the way she laughed when something genuinely caught her off guard, the way she became quiet when she was worried, and the little habits she'd developed around you without even noticing. You knew her favorite places, the stories from her childhood she'd told you more than once, and the future the two of you had spent years imagining together. Tomorrow was supposed to be the beginning of that future.
Tonight, however, everything changes.
You and Claire are staying at a hotel near the church where you'll be married the following morning. While Claire is taking a shower, your phone vibrates with a message from an unknown number. A stranger claims that Claire has been hiding something from you. Then he sends you a photograph.
He says you have every right to know the truth before you marry her.
But how much of what he tells you should you believe?
Claire has a past you don't know everything about. Whether those missing pieces mean something innocent, something painful, or something far more complicated is for you to discover.
The truth won't be handed to you. You'll have to decide who to trust.
And once you make that choice, there may be no easy way back. 💍
Created Sep 12
Updated Sep 12
Published Sep 12