Chapter 4: Wedding? No!
[Ten Years Ago]
"Helena, you look beautiful," A young woman gushed as she looked at her friend in her wedding dress.
Helena looked at her and smiled softly. "Thank you."
"Why aren't you smiling?" The woman asked.
"Huh? What are you talking about? I am smiling," Helena looked at the mirror in front of her and smiled to show that she was indeed smiling.
The woman hugged her shoulder gently, "Are you still thinking about your mother?"
Helena froze.
Her mother had passed away a week before that day. How could she forget her so easily? Her eyes reddened but she stopped herself from crying. Her face was already covered with makeup and if she cried, it would be destroyed.
The friend said, "I thought the marriage would be postponed after your mother's accident."
Helena continued to smile, which clearly did not reach her eyes, and said, "Me too. But my father did not agree. He said that it was my mother's last wish to see me get married to Vernon immediately. To honor her last wish, the wedding was as scheduled."
The friend smiled and nodded. After talking for a bit more, she left the room. Only Helena was sitting in the room with a bouquet in her hand.