At My Engagement Dinner, a Barefoot Little Girl Pointed at My Fiancée’s Ring—Then She Called My Wife, Dead for Five Years, Her Mother
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Chapter 25 / 30
Chapter 25 - The Wedding Date
Our wedding venue called.
They wanted to know whether Victoria and I were canceling.
The question sounded absurd.
“Yes.”
The planner hesitated.
“Permanently?”
I almost laughed.
“Very permanently.”
Then I learned Victoria had already paid several vendors using funds from an account connected to Richard.
Even the engagement party had been partially financed through money diverted from Emma’s trust.
The chandeliers.
Champagne.
Flowers.
The room where Lily exposed everything had literally been decorated with money taken from her mother’s estate.
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There was something almost grotesquely fitting about that.
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