Hillary Cough, cough, cough. I cough until my face turns a deep, burning red. Nora quickly passes me a glass of water.“Thank you,” I squeak, taking a long sip to ease the painful tightness in my throat.“You are joking, right?” Ben interrupts, his voice flat.I look at Nora, praying for a nod, a laugh, anything to indicate she’s pulling our legs. She doesn’t. She just shakes her head.“No, I’m not. We cannot cancel this wedding. It’s disgraceful, embarrassing, and a massive financial loss,” Nora says firmly.“I will pay you back,” I tell her, though the words feel heavy and impossible.“Oh honey, I don’t want you to pay me back. I want a wedding. Any wedding. Jake and Jackie have fled the country—god knows where. They should have been the ones at the altar, but I cannot find them and drag them back here in forty-eight hours. But the two of you? You are right here,” Nora explains.It feels like a fresh stab to the chest. Jake ran away with his whore. I shouldn’t be using that word, b
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