PART 2<\/p>\n
The ceremony setup remained untouched.<\/p>\n
Guests took their seats.<\/p>\n
Flowers lined the room.<\/p>\n
Music began to play.<\/p>\n
But Nathan didn\u2019t know that I had added one final detail to the reception.<\/p>\n
After the ceremony portion of the day was supposed to be over, the lights in the reception hall slowly dimmed.<\/p>\n
Nathan looked around in confusion.<\/p>\n
Then the enormous screen behind the head table lit up.<\/p>\n
The recording began.<\/p>\n
His own voice filled the room.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter the wedding, I\u2019ll get access to the house and her savings\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
Then came Linda\u2019s laughter.<\/p>\n
Then Nathan talking about leaving me.<\/p>\n
Then the way he spoke about my children.<\/p>\n
Then the plans he had been making while pretending to love all four of us.<\/p>\n
The room went completely silent.<\/p>\n
Nathan\u2019s face changed immediately.<\/p>\n
PART 3<\/p>\n
Linda shot to her feet.<\/p>\n
\u201cTurn that off!\u201d<\/p>\n
No one touched the controls.<\/p>\n
Nathan stared at me.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did you do?\u201d<\/p>\n
I stood near the microphone, perfectly calm.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou forgot to end the call.\u201d<\/p>\n
His face went pale.<\/p>\n
For the first time since I had known him, Nathan looked genuinely afraid.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat conversation wasn\u2019t what it sounded like.\u201d<\/p>\n
But everyone had heard it.<\/p>\n
There was nothing left to reinterpret.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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