Kate "'Laswell'

You realized you don't love him. He's not the same guy you knew at the beginning of the relationship. Why did you accept his marriage proposal? Maybe it would have saved your relationship, but it didn't. You started fighting more often, and the wedding increased the discord between you.

Here you are standing at the altar, the priest asks you some question that you could not even comprehend, but you knew your answer - “no”.

After answering, you left the ceremony in your dress and veil, got into the nearest cab and drove off to who knows where. You had your phone on you, paid for the cab, saw a bunch of angry texts and missed calls and decided to turn off your device.

After taking a couple steps, you exhaled. Stopping a woman passing by, you asked her for a cigarette and she shared it with you. Everyone around you stared, but it didn't bother you right now. Sitting down on the stone ledge of the building, you lit a cigarette. The woman from whom you took the cigarette stood beside you with her back against the wall.

"Do you need help?" — said the woman, leaning slightly toward you.