
The day I tried on that wedding dress, I swear I felt something strange.
Not fear.
Not beauty.
Just⊠heaviness.
But I brushed it off.
After all, it was borrowed. From a vintage boutique downtown. The woman said it had only been worn once, twenty years ago. Cleaned. Preserved. Untouched.
I didn’t care about any of that. I was happy to finally be able to afford something that didn’t look cheap.
I took it home.
I hung it up carefully.
And every night before my wedding, I stared at it. I dreamed of my day. The aisle. The music. The man.
I was in love.
Deeply.
Stupid.
Young.
But the night before my wedding, as I steamed the dress and checked it for wrinkles⊠I felt a tug. Inside the bottom lining, near the hem, there was something strangely sewn. A bulge. Small. Flat.
Curious, I picked up a needle.
I carefully opened it.
And insideâŠ
A note.
Old. Faded. But the ink was still visible.
âIF YOU’RE READING THIS, PLEASE DON’T MARRY HIM. I BEG YOU. HE’S DANGEROUS. I RAN AWAY FOR SO MANY. â M.â
The dress fell off.
I literally dropped it.
My heart raced.
I turned the note over.
There was more.
âIF HE GAVE YOU THIS DRESS, HE’S DONE IT BEFORE.â
But he didn’t.
I bought it at a boutique.
Right?
Or did he suggest the place?
I couldn’t remember anymore. Suddenly, everything went blurry.
I grabbed my phone. I searched for the store online. There was no website.
How strange.
I checked the address. It didn’t exist on Google Maps.
Even stranger.
I drove there.
That night.
My wedding was tomorrow, but I couldn’t sleep. I needed answers.
And when did I get there?
It was gone.
Closed.
Empty windows.
Dust.
No sign of the old woman. No sign that it had even been open.
I knocked on the next-door neighbor’s door.
A sleepy-eyed young man opened it.
“Hi⊠Sorry to bother you. Do you know the boutique that used to be here?”
He frowned.
“Boutique?”
“Yes⊠a vintage bridal shop. It’s owned by a woman⊔
He shook his head.
âMa’am⊠this store has been closed for almost twenty years.â
I froze.
âBut⊠I just bought a dress from there. Days ago.â
He left.
He looked me up and down. Then he whispered:
âYou’re the third woman in five years to ask me that.â
My blood ran cold.
âWhat happened to the others?â
He shrugged.
âOne called off her wedding and disappeared.â
âThe other⊠moved on.â
âLast I heard, she disappeared on her honeymoon.â
I ran.
I went back to the car.
I was silent for twenty minutes.
Then I called him, my fiancé.
I didn’t mention the note. Or the store. Or the neighbor.
I just asked:
âWhere did you say you were before you met me?â
There was a pause.
Then he said:
âWhy are you asking me that now?â
And I knew.
I knew that note wasnât a coincidence.
That dress wasnât a coincidence.
That morning?
It could be my last day alive.
đ I BORROWED A WEDDING DRESS⊠AND FOUND A LETTER IN THE LINING (EPISODE 2)
I woke up quietly.
Not the peaceful kind.
The kind that feels⊠strange. Like something was holding its breath.
I sat up in bed, my hair tangled and my heart pounding from a dream I couldnât remember, only the feeling it left: cold. Stained.
The note was still on the nightstand.
Crushed. Crumpled. But it was still there.
âIF HE GAVE YOU THIS DRESS, HEâS DONE IT BEFORE.â
I held it like it was glass.
I didn’t want to believe it. I didn’t want to believe that he, the man I was marrying, could have secrets deep enough to rot silk.
But I couldn’t ignore it anymore either.
The dress was back in its box. Ivory, vintage, hand-embroidered. It still smelled faintly of lavender and⊠something else. Faint. Rusty.
I thought it was old perfume.
Now, I wasn’t sure it wasn’t old blood.
I needed answers. And I couldn’t ask him. Not yet. Not without proof.
So I drove.
Still in pajamas. Hair up. No makeup. Just fear.
The store was barely ten minutes from the hotel. A neighborhood shop wedged between a beauty salon and a used bookstore. It was called âSecond Chances.â
I couldn’t remember the name on the receipt.
I pushed open the door.
The doorbell didn’t ring.
Because there was no doorbell.
There was⊠nothing.
No dresses.
No coat racks.
No counter.
Just an empty room with dusty tiles and a broken mirror leaning against the back wall.
Empty.
Abandoned.
As if it had been that way for years.
I went back outside, confused. A man sweeping the sidewalk next door looked up.
âLooking for something?â
âThe dress shop. It was here. Two days ago.â
He frowned.
âThat place has been closed since 2019.â
I swallowed.âAre you sure?â
âI live upstairs. Iâve never seen it open.â
My breath caught in my throat.
I walked back to my car, my hands shaking.
If the shop didnât exist⊠where did I get the dress?
And who, who, left that



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