Mag-log inPRINCESS Finally, the wedding day arrived. I woke up at five in the morning even though I didn't have to be ready until noon. Why? Because I was too excited to sleep, that's why. This was it. The day I'd been dreaming about for three years. The day I was going to marry the love of my life on
So I did the hardest thing I'd ever done in my entire life. I pulled Princess into my arms and hugged her like I was trying to squeeze all the stupidity out of her. "You're right," I said, my voice shaking like a leaf in a hurricane. "I was just being emotional. You know how I get. Thinking abou
This was it. This was my moment. "But what if there really is something very bad about Frank?" I asked, my voice shaking. "Something serious. Something that should make you not marry him?" Princess laughed. She actually laughed like I'd just told the world's funniest joke. "Mom, that's imp
ESSENCE I paced back and forth across the living room like I was training for the Olympic speed-walking team. Any minute now, Princess was going to walk through that door, and I had to tell her that her Prince Charming was actually Prince Scamming. How do you tell your daughter that the love o
My jaw dropped. Did he just call my daughter stupid? Oh, this man was about to have a very bad day. "What do you mean?" his friend asked. "Princess thinks I don't know she's planning to hand over her shares to me at the wedding. She thinks she's being so clever. I've just been pretending to
"But those shares are yours. You can use them to pursue your dreams after the wedding. Isn't that what you told me before? Besides, you can still support your husband after your marriage, just don't give him all your inheritance." "No, I can't! He'll refuse if they come from me! They have to come







