In the summer of 1784 Eugene Anifas married his longtime sweetheart - Henrietta Otalbo.
As the only daughter of a local shepherd Joseph thought Eugene Anifas could marry someone of higher statue, but Eugene Anifas put his foot down very gently and persisted in getting engaged to her.
The wedding was held in early summer, with the Park home decorated with every sort of flower the family had managed to get their hands on.
And even if Joseph didn't agree with Henrietta being a "mere shepherdess", no one could deny that the bride was simply stunning on her wedding day.
It truly was a very happy day. The first wedding for one of the Park children, the addition of a sweet wife to the family.
And yet. And yet.
And yet as Théo watched the celebrations, she could feel a spiraling lump that had lived in her chest since the day of the engagement moving up into her throat.
Her eyes stung and she kept having to force herself to take calm, slow breaths.
In the end she couldn't contain it any longer, and she wandered away from the main party to seek relief in the mild summer darkness.
She wasn't entirely sure how she ended up there, but she found herself at the old bench that she had played around so much as a child and teen, and once there she finally sank down and began to cry.
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