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Chapter 7 - The Dramatic Version

Years later, people still told the dramatic version.

The elegant American wedding ballroom.

The polished wooden floor.

The round tables.

The gold chairs.

The red-and-white flowers.

Lily crying on the floor in her flower-girl dress.

Eleanor standing over her.

That child does not belong in my family.

Claire rushing down the aisle.

The single slap.

Say one more word about my daughter.

Lily sobbing into Claire’s chest.

She told me I was a mistake.

The cream legal envelope.

The court seal.

The groom’s face going pale.

The live microphone.

And your microphone has been live the whole time.

May you like

It sounded like revenge.

And yes, part of it was.

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