Chapter 11 When I got back home , I still had to cancel the photographer , the caterer , the florist , the damn DJ . All those months of planning , and now all it took was a one - line group text : ' Hey , change of plans - wedding's off . Thanks anyway . " Once everything was canceled , I collapsed onto my bed . played that engagement video - the one that went viral , the one with ten thousand comments full of blessings . Watched it over . And over . And over . Then finally, with shaking hands , I deleted it . The second it was gone , I swear , my heart stopped for a moment . But I also felt ... free . Thank God we never signed the papers . Thank God I hadn't had the baby yet . Because I don't know if I'd have had the strength to leave him f I'd already married that piece of shit . I slept straight through until the afternoon . When I finally came out of my room , my parents were in the kitchen , moving like they were walking on glass . They were trying not to say the wrong thing . Because today was supposed to be my wedding day . smiled at them and said , like it was any other day , So what are we doing for dinner ? " My mom's face crumpled . Sophia ... sweetheart ... you don't have to pretend for us . " If you want to cry , cry . You don't have to hold it in . " And suddenly it hit me - I hadn't shed a single tear since last night . Not one . I didn't want to look weak in front of friends or family . 10.37 Que Wedding 62 Chapter 11 Didn't want to give outsiders the satisfaction of watching me fall apart . I thought I was strong . Thought I looked fierce , slapping those two around like a damn queen . But the truth is ... I was wrecked . The moment she said that , Something inside me cracked open . The tears came pouring out - big , ugly sobs . My mom held me . Then my dad held both of us . I cried for a long , long time . And that's when we heard the knock on the door . It was Liam . 10:27