Chad, satisfied, had gotten what he wanted,
and would settle the score with Tiffany later.
He left. The police knew Tiffany wasn’t going
to pay up.
“Ma’am, can you cover the costs?”
Tiffany just stared down at her pale hands.
It was clear she was finished. We had her
sign an IOU and left her to her three day trip
to the lock up.
12
Jesving the nal
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bite at a nearby diner.
I saw a purple car pull up outside, which was
weird.
It reminded me of my stepsister.
Soon our food arrived.
As Ethan and I toasted, I caught sight of the
purple car driving away.
“Babe, the wedding was a mess, I didn’t give
you the present yet!”
“Anytime is fine.” Ethan handed me a piece
of steak.
I told him to close his eyes.
<
“Guess what my gift will be?”
“A ring?”
“Nope.”
“A watch?”
“Nope.”
“I give up, just tell me!”
I took his hand and placed a black card in his
palm.
He felt the shape of it and opened his eyes.
“This is…”
“It has a hundred million dollars on it, my
Mom left it for me before she died.”
My mom’s parents, who had disowned her,
had fallen ill.
Mom went to help, but they had died, leaving
Mom their savings.
She was so upset, she just died of sadness.
She had left the money to me.
Ethan grabbed me and held me, tears running
down his face.
“You must have suffered so much! My heart
aches for you.”
“It’s all in the past. I have you, don’t I?”
く
“I will make sure that woman and your father
never hurt you again!”
He promised.
I gave him the keys to the house he had sold.
He had to sell his family’s house.
He secretly put on his sunglasses.
“Someone is tearing up!”
“No, I’m not!”
“Let me see!”
I reached up and took off his glasses.
His eyes were rimmed with red and his lips
<
were so pink I wanted to KISS them.
13
Ethan was planning our wedding again.
He was determined to give me the best
wedding.
I was eating a dessert in our house when I
saw the number one trend on Twitter: Ethan’s
company was back from the dead.
I had barely looked at it when the delivery guy
knocked on the door with the wedding
dresses.
“Ms Riley, here are the dresses, and we have
a model to help you try them on, please let
me know which ones you like!”
<
I selected my three favorite dresses, but then
Heather called.
“Riley, you did this, right? You had Ethan go
after my company! My family is drowning in
debt because of you. You think you’re gonna
be happy?”
She was yelling through the phone.
Did she think about what she did to my mom
that day?
