The bride took her husband's last name. The bride took her mother-in-law's bracelet. The bride took six gold candlesticks from the reception hall. The bride took her sister's dignity and her cousin's eyes. The bride was last seen heading north.

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The bride is keeping her last name but has forsaken all else. The bride no longer answers the phone after the sun goes down. The bride wears an eyepatch and stays indoors…