"Eleanor!" I caught her before she fell fully from the chair, her weight sudden and terrifying against my arms. "Eleanor, wake up, please…""Call an ambulance!" Noah's voice cut through the music, sharp and commanding, and I heard the string quartet stumble into silence, the whole reception freezing at once. "Now!"Rosalind was there within seconds, her face white with terror, pressing two fingers to Eleanor's wrist. "She has a pulse. It's fast, but she has a pulse.""Eleanor, can you hear me?" I held her face in my hands, my wedding dress soaked through at the knees from the damp grass, none of it mattering at all. "Eleanor, please, wake up…"Her eyes fluttered open, unfocused at first, then slowly finding my face. "Jasmine," she said, her voice barely a whisper. "I'm so sorry. I didn't want this to be the memory of today.""Don't talk," I said, tears streaming freely now. "Just breathe. Help is coming.""The dancing," she said weakly, something almost like humor still flickering beh
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