I was supposed to marry Derek on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n
We’d been together for four years, and everything was ready. The flowers, the dress, the guests. All of it.<\/p>\n
But that morning, Derek stopped answering his phone.<\/p>\n
At first, I assumed he was busy getting ready.<\/p>\n
Then his best man called.<\/p>\n
He hadn’t heard from Derek either.<\/p>\n
By noon, everyone was searching for him.<\/p>\n
His car was gone. His apartment was empty. Nobody knew anything.<\/p>\n
Eventually, we canceled the ceremony.<\/p>\n
I went home, still wearing my wedding dress, and sat on the bathroom floor crying.<\/p>\n
Around six, someone knocked.<\/p>\n
It was Derek’s mother.<\/p>\n
She was crying and holding a small plastic bag.<\/p>\n
Inside were his phone, wallet, and wedding ring.<\/p>\n
I immediately thought the worst.<\/p>\n
Then she explained.<\/p>\n
Derek had stopped at a flower shop that morning to pick up a special bouquet for my grandmother.<\/p>\n
On his way back, another driver had run a red light and hit his car.<\/p>\n
His phone was destroyed, and he’d been taken to the hospital unconscious.<\/p>\n
The hospital eventually contacted his mother using his identification and emergency contact information.<\/p>\n
I rushed there with her.<\/p>\n
Derek was awake but badly injured.<\/p>\n
When he saw me, he started crying.<\/p>\n
**”I was trying to get you those flowers,”** he whispered.<\/p>\n
We got married four months later.<\/p>\n
And yes, my grandmother got her bouquet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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