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“The wedding barely started, and both the bride and groom bolted! Can you believe it? Now everything’s a disaster. Half the guests are furious, the other half are rubbernecking. And I’m sitting here with a slice of top -tier wedding cake, calling you live from the scene. Wish you were here, babe.”
“Start from the beginning. Why did they bolt?”
“Well, technically, they didn’t. Catherine fainted. Collapsed right before the ceremony and got rushed to the hospital. Daniel went with her.”
“Catherine’s sick?”
“No clue. I only saw her being bundled into the back of an ambulance. But plenty of guests took photos. You should check online.”I opened I*******m and X, scrolling through posts from mutual acquaintances, trying to piece together the story.
“So,” Yvaine said, “the ceremony was about to begin. Catherine and Daniel were waiting backstage for the music cue. I got bored and wandered off, stopped somewhere in the hall near them, which gave me an excellent vantage point for watching.”
“You mean snooping.”
“Semantics. Do you want to hear the story or not?”
“Sorry. Please continue.”
“One of Catherine’s bridesmaids handed her a phone. I couldn’t hear what was said, but her face changed. Dramatically. And this was from behind a pillar twenty paces away, so trust me, it was obvious. Whoever called had something big.”
“When was this?”
“Maybe two, three hours ago?”That would’ve been when Jace tried to call her.
“She looked completely rattled,” Yvaine went on.
“Then Daniel grabbed the phone from her and demanded to know who it was. I caught something about the police. He hung up. Catherine started pleading with him. Her phone rang again. And again And again Daniel gol mad really mad and forced her to answer it. She did. No clue what she heard, but she went pale. And I mean ghostly. Then she doubled over and clutched her stomach”
“Morning sickness?
“Looked like pain. Daniel rushed her to a nearby sofa. Laicky for me they didn’t go back to the bridal suite, or I wouldn’t have heard what happened next.”
“What did you hear?”Chapte r 121 Surprise of The Lives Daniel called an ambulance,” Yvaine said, “told his father the wedding had to be delayed, asked him to pacify the guests. You should’ve seen the look on Clive’s face, Elean. He looked like he was going to tear Daniel to pieces, kept shouting “What the hell is this?” and “What will the guests think?”
“Yeah, that sounds like the Uncle Clive I know,” I muttered.
“I’m with Daniel on this one, though. I mean, Catherine looked barely conscious, and the sweat on her face was visible all the way across the room.”I nodded.
“Go on.”
“Daniel yelled, Clive yelled back. Louisa tried to intervene, but no one listened to her. Then Franklin and Caroline arrived and rushed straight to Catherine. All sorts of shouting followed. Everyone was scrambling. Then the ambulance came. Daniel and his sister Willow rushed out with Catherine on a stretcher. And that’s all I know.”She made yummy noises.
“I’ve got to get the contact info for whoever made this cake. It’s seriously amazing.”
“Forget the cake. You won’t believe what I’m going to tell you.”
“That’s going to top my story?” Yvaine scoffed.
“Unless you tell me you’re pregnant with Sebastian’s baby, I’m not sure anything can shock me at this point, Elean.”Don’t be too sure.” I jumped off the bed.
“I’ll meet you. It’s a long story, and you’ll want to be sitting down for this.”
“I’m already sitting down, and I’m sitting with the best slice of wedding cake in all of Skyline City.”
“Just come. You won’t regret it.”
“Fine, fine. Looks like the show’s over on my end, anyway. Clive and Franklin are apologising to the guests, probably feeding them some bullshit story about a gas leak or something. Anyway, I’m out. Where are we meeting?”I suggested a caf? we both loved.
Yvaine nixed the idea.
“No. Let’s go to a cake shop. I’ve got a craving now.”I quickly changed clothes and headed downstairs.
Sebastian looked up from his laptop.
“Just got word from a contact on the force. Someone posted bail for Jace.”
“Catherine? That’s fast. I thought she was still in the hospital.” I filled him in on Yvaine’s latest scoop.
“No, not Catherine. It was Daniel Granger.”
“Ha.”Sebastian smiled.
“You were right. The Grangers are going to get the surprise of their lives once they hear what Jace has to say.”
“Wish I could be a fly on the wall for that conversation.”
“Heading out?” Sebastian glanced at my handbag.
“I’m meeting Yvaine for afternoon tea. To catch her up.”
“Oh, I thought we could have tea together. I asked Carmen to prepare something.”
“Oh.” I glanced toward the kitchen, my steps slowing.
“Um…”
“It’s fine. You need a friendly ear after everything you’ve just been through. I get it.”
“We could do dinner,” I offered. Then I stepped over to him, leaned down and kissed him.
“Just so you know, you were the first friendly ear I unloaded to, in case you’ve forgotten.”This time, his smile was genuine.
It took two slices of red velvet, one of chocolate fudge, and three cops of the strongest black coffee for Yvaine to fully process my story.
The telling took almost an hour, punctuated by “ools”, “no way’s, and plenty of “WTF’s from Yvaine, some loud enough to draw looks from the other patrons in the cake shop.
“So, yeah, that’s the story of Catherine Who’s-not-really-a-Vance” I leaned back in my chair, my mouth dry from talking for so long.
Yvaine was digging into a slice of strawberry shortcake when she caught my disapproving look.
“I’ve got a sweet tooth and no self-control, sue me.”
“No thanks, I’ve just got out of two court cases.” I checked my phone.
“I need to go.”
“But you just got here.”
“No, I’ve been out for almost two hours. I need to get back.”
“Back for what?”
“Dinner.”
“We can have dinner.”
“No, thanks, I don’t make a habit of having cake for dinner.”
“We’ll go somewhere else. You can’t just drop a bombshell like that and leave. I need time to digest. I’ve got questions.”
“But I promised Sebastian I’d-“
“Hmph.” She pointed her fork at me.
“Ditching your girlfriend for a man? That’s against the girl code.”
“Fine. I can stay a little longer.” I sank back into my seat.
Yvaine shoved her plate aside and stood up.
“Let’s go.”
“Where? I just sat down.”
“To a bar. I need to wash down the info dump with alcohol, not coffee.”
“But my dinner-“
“Yeah, yeah, your dinner with Dear Seb, I haven’t forgotten.” She yanked me up.
“Don’t worry, I’ll get you home in plenty of time for your dinner and sex sess with your man.”
“It’s just dinner. No sex.”
“That’s sad.” She bundled me into a taxi and gave an address to the driver.
“It’s a new bar, owned by a friend of mine. Just two blocks away. He asked me to come do a tasting and give feedback. Drinks are free.”At her suggestion, I ordered a drink called Peat & Zest, a smoky whisky with a twist of lime and something else I couldn’t quite make out.
I took a sip.
“It’s nice.”Yvaine, on her third Hugo Spritz in under twenty minutes, was already buzzed. Her eyes sparkled with sugar high and alcohol, mixed with a constant stream of gossip.
“Word’s spread already.” She waved her phone in front of me.
“People are talking, Elean. Big time.”She giggled and nearly toppled off her barstool.
Whoa, careful there.” I grabbed her. www “People are saying Daniel ran away from the wedding,” she slurred. Some say it was Catherine who ran. Others say they had a fight. Plenty had heard the wail of the ambulance. There are so many versions flying around, I can’t even keep track.”
“Yet, none of them are close to the truth,” I muttered.
Yvaine nodded.
“Yeah. I wouldn’t have believed it if it weren’t you telling me. I mean, come on, who’d have thought Catherine isn’t really the Vances” kid? The way they coddle her, you’d think she’s their only child. And this Jace character, her half-brother “Daniel bailed him out,” I said.
“I guess he called Daniel after Catherine fainted.”Yvaine cackled.
“Daniel is in for the shock of a lifetime. Thought he married a socialite, turns out she’s a swapped baby with a broke mother, and now she’s saddled with a gambling addict of a half-brother.”Her fingers twitched.
“Are you sure I can’t post this? Come on, this is the scoop of the year!”I shook my head.
“Catherine is going to hate your guts if she finds out you exposed the truth about her.”Yvaine snorted.
“She already hates my guts, not that I care.” Reluctantly, she set down her phone.
Mine buzzed. I checked the message.