“Hello?”

“Mark? Is that you?” Sara could barely hear anything, the voice was small and there were loud voices and other noises in the background.

“No, this the Redgrove hospital. I’m sorry ma’am but Mark Stein just got in a car accident, this number was in his wallet at the scene….”

She continued speaking but Sara couldn’t hear the words, her heart was beating too fast and it filled her ears. “I’m coming right now.”

The world had changed in the blink of an eye. Sara set her phone down, tears falling down her face. Everyone turned to look at the sobbing bride.

Darcy, Sara’s best friend and Maid-of-Honor, turned to her, “Sara whats wrong?”

Sara could barely answer, her whole body shaking as she ran towards the door, Darcy ran after her and grabbed her arm before she left the reception, “Sara?! What is it?”

“M-mark, Redgrove, I-I gotta go.” Sara ran down the street, ignoring the glances of people around her as the ends her simple white dress turned black with dirt and water.

He couldn’t die. He just couldn’t. Her heart seemed to fall as she kept running towards the hospital. After all they’d been through, she loved him so much, it nearly killed to her to think about him not being there. Flashes of earlier today came to her as she kept running through the masses of people, they had exchanged vows, gotten married finally.

Once inside the hospital, some turned to stare. A beautiful woman in a wedding dress at a hospital wasn’t exactly common. A petite nurse floated over, “How may I help you miss?”

Sara nodded, her mascara running, “M-Mark Stein. I need Mark.”

The nurse gently led her to the waiting room, “He’s in surgery right now, but I promise I’ll come tell you when you when there is news.”

Sara shook her head, her blond curls tossing limply, “N-n-no I need him, I n-need him now.”

The nurse walked back over to the secretary who was staring at the crying woman, “Stacy, give me information when it gets in on Mark Stein.”

“He was the one in the car crash right?” The nurse nodded sadly, “Oh poor girl.”

Not much later, more of the wedding party came. Darcy put her arms around Sara as she sobbed into her. She didn’t deserve this, Sara and Mark were good people. How did this happen to them?