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I still had questions—like, what if it had started as a scam? How long had they hidden it? But for now, I let her sit with her thoughts.
The next morning, Mom didn’t come down for breakfast. She’d always dreamed of walking her daughters down the aisle. I think learning she’d been shut out of the “real” first wedding crushed her.
Later that week, I found out the wedding had been Gavin’s idea. He wanted Celine to have the big moment she never got the first time. His gift to her, he’d said.
And strangely, that made me soften.
About two weeks later, things got weirder.
I was cleaning out my inbox when I found an email from a woman named Tamra. The subject line read: “URGENT – Regarding Gavin J.”
I opened it, heart pounding.
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