Gate to Goodbye — The Cancelled Wedding

My boyfriend and I had planned to fly out together for the Velocity Grand Prix. On the day of the flight, I waited at the airport for three hours. My boyfriend Lucas never showed up. It wasn't until dark that I finally got his call.

Sorry, Evelyn. Forgot to mention it. Chloe wanted to come to the race too. She was too excited to sleep last night. Kept begging me to fly out early. We just landed.

You'll be fine coming on your own, right? Tomorrow the three of us can meet up outside the circuit gate. I froze where I stood. I'd been looking forward to this trip for months.

I'd taken two weeks off work specifically to go watch the race with Lucas We'd also planned a coastal pre-wedding photo shoot while we were there one careless flew out early and he'd already forgotten me Have fun you two. I don't feel like going anymore the next day I scrolled past my cousin Chloe's social media post a photo of her with the racing superstar

Thank You Lucas for pulling strings to get me this photo. He's the best never misses a single important moment in my I gave it a calm little like then called the wedding planner and canceled the wedding scheduled for two weeks He never missed a moment for her. He missed every one of mine this relationship that never mattered I didn't want it anymore

Lucas and Chloe didn't fly home until three days before the wedding Lucas brought gifts for everyone in the Moms grandpas the aunts and uncles nothing for me Chloe happily showed off the little trinkets. She'd bought