The Missing Bride

"Ever since I was little, I'd loved telling Peregrine Vale about the funny things that happened to me.

Even though he never once replied.

I never got tired of telling him.

Then, days before our wedding, the local police asked me to come in and give a statement.

That was how I learned Peregrine had filed a complaint, claiming I'd been harassing him with messages.

The police reviewed our texts and brought no charges. By the time I left the station, it was dark.

I gripped my phone, about to ask why he'd done it, when he said, ""We need some distance. Stop sending me every little thing.""