Mourn Me with a Long Song, Grieve Me with Your Life

After my sister ran off to escape her wedding and died at sea, our parents were terrified the Barnes family would blame them, so they shoved me, the one who looked seventy percent like her, into the wedding car. On the wedding night, Mortimer Barnes lifted the veil full of anticipation, and the moment he saw my face, his expression changed. When he demanded answers, our parents burst into tears and pushed all of it onto me. "It was Kate's vanity that got her sister killed!"