Chapter 6
Police arrived before dinner.
No one expected handcuffs at a wedding with gold chairs.
Especially not Victoria.
She kept saying, “This is a misunderstanding.”
Raymond said nothing.
Smartest thing he had done all day.
Sabrina sat in the bridal suite, mascara streaking down her cheeks, while Logan stood in the doorway like he did not know whether to comfort her or run.
I understood that feeling.
The officers took statements.
Lydia gave them evidence.
The forged loan.
The stolen trust seal.
The audio.
The bank transfers.
The stolen wedding envelopes.
Raymond was arrested first.
He shouted that I had no right to ruin his daughter’s wedding.
My daughter.
Funny how quickly she became his when money was in the room.
Victoria was arrested for fraud and conspiracy.
She screamed my name while officers led her out.
“Glenn! Tell them this is a mistake!”
I looked at her.
“You told me to leave.”
Her face crumpled.
Not from remorse.
From fear.
Sabrina was not arrested that night.
But the police took her phone.
Logan removed his wedding ring before the cake was cut.
Sabrina saw him.
“No. Please.”
He looked broken.
“You let me marry into a fraud investigation.”
“I didn’t know it was this serious.”
“That may be worse.”
I walked away before I heard more.
Outside, near the water, I finally sat down.
My hands shook.
A little girl at a nearby table pointed at my garment bag.
“Is that your suit?”
I nodded.
“Why is it broken?”
Her mother tried to hush her.
I smiled sadly.
“Because someone forgot fabric remembers every cut.”
The girl frowned.
“Can you fix it?”
I looked at my hands.
Scarred.
May you like
Steady.
“Yes,” I said. “But I might make something new.”
