As planned, Rosalie and Gabriel come get me the following day. Thankfully, I currently have on the long black dress and matching shoes that my friend sent me early on.

There's already a flurry of activity at the cemetery chapel when we arrive. I exit the vehicle, arch my back, and partially enclose my face with the veil. My mother is standing there looking forward, her face filled with tears.

She comes running over to give me a big embrace. "My darling girl! I believed that you ...