es.
“I… I panicked. She was— she wasn’t easy to live with.
That’s what matters.”
The casual way he said it made ice crawl through my veins. “You left your wife… and your newborn daughter…
the day after she gave birth?”
“She made it impossible,” he muttered, his voice defensive. “She drove me away. This—this woman is trying to ruin what we have.”
Margaret’s voice cut through the noise again.
“I’m not ruining anything. I’m saving her from becoming your next disappearing act.”
I looked around at our guests. Some stared at Adam with disgust, while others avoided eye contact entirely.
My bridesmaids looked shocked, and my parents were horrified.
And suddenly… everything clicked into place.
All those times Adam had changed the subject when I asked about his past relationships. The way he’d never wanted to talk about having kids someday.
How he’d insisted we keep our finances completely separate. The phone calls he’d take in the other room, claiming they were work.
If he could abandon his wife and child once, he could do it again. To me.
To any children we might have.
So, I took a deep breath and stepped forward. I slowly slipped the engagement ring off my finger.
“I’m not marrying someone who walks away from their own blood.”
This is insane. You’re throwing away everything we have because of some crazy woman!”
But I turned to Lily, our coordinator, who was standing frozen near the altar. “Call off the reception.”
And with that, I walked out.
My heart pounded against my chest while my heels clicked against the stone path.
Behind me, I could hear the chaos erupting. The guests were talking in shock, while Adam kept shouting my name.
But I didn’t look back.
I later learned that Margaret hadn’t just been a random replacement. When Sarah fell sick that morning, Margaret stepped in, but not by chance.
She had been searching for Adam for years, and when she heard he was remarrying today, she volunteered to officiate.
She saved me from making the biggest mistake of my life.
Her daughter might never get the justice she deserved, but today, at least, she’d stopped history from repeating itself.
And I’m truly grateful to her for that.
