The Ashes of Our Vows

Ever since my girlfriend pulled my younger brother out of a burning house, he developed severe emotional dependency on her.

His therapist warned us:

"Right now, he can't survive a single day without her."

From that moment on, Victoria and I had to drag my brother along on every single date. We even had to let him move into our shared apartment.

The night before our wedding, my brother had an anxiety attack and swallowed an entire bottle of sleeping pills. He ended up in the ICU.

Victoria smashed the empty pill bottle onto the floor in sheer frustration.