I pulled a folder from my bag.
“If you want my wedding so badly, you can have it. I just wasn’t planning to pay for it.”
Nick blinked. “What?”
“You handled all the vendor contracts. Remember?”
His expression shifted as the realization hit.
“So the only person legally responsible for paying for this wedding,” I continued, “is you.”
Right on cue, the wedding planner stepped forward with a clipboard.
“Excuse me,” she said carefully. “The final balances for today’s event are still outstanding.”
Nick turned to me slowly.
“You never paid anything?”
“I told you it was handled,” I said. “But I never paid a cent.”
“You lied?”
“Yes. You planned to humiliate me and steal my wedding. Did you expect me to pay for that too?”
The caterer stepped forward.
“Sir, we’ll need payment authorization before service continues.”
The venue manager joined him.
“And settlement of the hall balance.”
The band leader raised his hand.
“Same here.”
Nick looked around in panic.
“This is insane.”
Lori grabbed his arm.
“You have money, right, baby?”
He swallowed.
“Not enough… not eighty thousand. What about you? Can’t you pay your sister’s share?”
Her jaw dropped.
“Are you serious? Of course I can’t!”
That was the final spark.
The room erupted.
