On my wedding day, I walked in with a black eye. My fiancé stood beside me… and when he looked at my mother, he smiled. Then he said, “She needed to learn.” The room burst into laughter. And that’s when I did something no one expected.

it through is one thing,” Megan said. “Letting them bury you alive in silk and pearls is another.”

Olivia let out a breath that sounded almost like a laugh but held no humor. “I’ve been buried under my mother’s version of me my whole life. One more morning won’t kill me.”

But even as she said it, something inside her trembled.

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