Chapter 2: Four Words
The venue manager's voice was calm but firm.
"I'm sorry to bother you the night before your wedding.
But we still haven't received the deposit.
If it isn't paid by 9 a.m.
tomorrow, we'll have to release the date."
My legs went weak.
I hung up and turned to my stepdad.
"Please.
The wedding is tomorrow.
You can't do this."
He didn't even look up.
"Call your father."
I dialed my biological father with shaking hands.
He picked up on the third ring.
"Hey, sweetheart.
Big day tomorrow."
"Dad, I need you to pay the venue deposit.
Forty thousand dollars.
Tonight."
Silence.
Then a short laugh.
"Where am I supposed to get forty thousand dollars by tonight?"
My throat closed.
I looked back at my stepdad.
He was still sitting at the table, arms folded, expression empty.
"You planned this," I whispered.
He finally looked at me.
"No.
You made your choice.
I made mine."
Then my fiancé walked through the front door.
He looked at my face.
Then at my stepdad.
Then at the bill still sitting on the table.
"What's going on?"
Nobody answered him.
And that's when my stepdad stood up, picked up his car keys, and said four words I never expected.
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What he said next changed everything — and what came out in the next 24 hours will leave you speechless.
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