On the day the wedding date was cancelled, I was free

The day I miscarried, Zion Gilbert was skiing in Hokkaido with Amy Swanson. He even posed for her transition video, grinning into the camera like a man without a care in the world before posting it to his Moments.

My mother-in-law caught the bitterness on my face. She pressed a bowl of soup into my hands, her voice flat. Empty.

"Don't be jealous of Amy. You were the one who took her place to begin with."

I accepted the bowl, head bowed. "Mom, I know."

She turned to leave, but the words clawed their way out before I could stop them. "Mom, about Zion and me..."