I Was the Fool at My Own Wedding의 모든 챕터: 챕터 1 - 챕터 9

My friend, Gordon Palmer, came over with a cup of hot coffee, grinning. "Come on, get on your knees and beg, Patricia's boy toy. Then serve Marvin his coffee."I stared at the man I'd known for the past ten years. I'd once stepped between him and a bully wielding a knife. I'd even helped him take legal action against relatives who had tried to steal his parents' inheritance.On countless nights, Gordon had broken down and grabbed onto me. "Brad, I swear, anyone who lays a hand on you will have to answer to me first."But in the end, he was the first to betray me. Amelia Ferguson, Patricia's older sister, stood nearby with her arms crossed. "They're married. You're the other man. Marvin is willing to put up with you, so what's so hard about getting on your knees and begging him?" she urged impatiently.Her voice was sharp and contemptuous, nothing like the woman who had once been driven to attempt suicide. Back then, Amelia's ex-husband had cheated on her and kept a mistress

Just then, Patricia stopped dodging and raised an eyebrow. "Are you throwing another fit? You get to have things your way, but what about your grandmother? Are you just going to leave her to die?"I thought of Grandma lying in her hospital bed, little more than skin and bones. My body went rigid, and a lump rose in my throat. By the time I'd nearly cried myself dry, my voice came out flat. "You can have the house. Just please, promise me you'll keep Grandma alive."Patricia smiled and reached out to stroke my hair. But before she could touch me, I caught a whiff of Marvin's cologne on her.I instinctively stepped back. "Don't touch me. You're disgusting."Patricia let out an exasperated laugh. "Oh, so you can't stand me? Fine. I'll give you some time to get used to it. But once we're married, you'll just have to accept it."She sounded completely unbothered, as though she was certain I'd never leave her. I was too exhausted to even speak to her anymore. All I could think about

Patricia carefully held Marvin's hand and tugged him out of the hospital room. Nonetheless, she couldn't help but recall the despair and grief in my eyes earlier.Furrowing her brow, she turned to Marvin, asking, "Marvin, you two didn't do anything to Bradley's grandmother, did you?"A trace of guilt flashed in Marvin's eyes. He hastily placed his hand on Patricia's abdomen, replying, "Of course not. I'm going to be a father soon, so even if it's not for my sake, I have to think of the baby, right?"Beside them, Susan was quick to chime in, "You've already done more than enough for Bradley and his grandmother over these years. Stop worrying about them so much and pay more attention to Marvin. You two are going to have a wedding, remember?"Patricia pursed her lips before nodding hesitantly. Then, she texted me, "Brad, I was wrong for slapping you earlier. You've always wanted to be officially recognized as my husband, right? After my wedding with Marvin, I'll take you abroad an

The air seemed to thicken with tension.As everyone watched, a plainclothes police officer stepped out from behind me. He headed straight to the stage and slapped a pair of handcuffs over Marvin's wrists."Marvin Sawyer, you are hereby suspected of murder. Please come with us."Patricia frowned deeply and raised a hand to stop them."Officer, what are you saying? Marvin is a sickly man who was only just discharged from the hospital. How could he have possibly killed anyone?"The police officer shot her an impatient glance before playing the surveillance footage from the hospital."Last night at 8:00 pm, Mr. Bradley Sawyer's grandmother died in the hospital. At 7:40 pm, Marvin Sawyer and your mother entered her room and forcefully took away the life-saving medication she needed to take every day."Patricia's hand trembled as she whipped her head around to stare at Marvin."Marvin Sawyer, who gave you permission to touch Bradley's grandmother?"Marvin shrank back a little but st

After leaving Grandma's grave, Patricia hired the best lawyer to take Marvin to court. As a result, what should've been a 20-year sentence ended up becoming a life sentence.Then, she paid someone to "take good care" of him.That day, Marvin's life was utterly ruined. He lay in a pool of his own blood for a day before he was finally taken to the infirmary.Following that incident, he went crazy. Whenever anyone approached him, he would drool while madly shouting that he was the true son-in-law of the Ferguson family.As for the heirloom pendant that he had taken from me, Patricia carefully placed it into a box before delivering it to me.On the day I returned the box to her, unopened, Patricia brought her father's mistress back home as well.Looking at her mother's face, scratched up by the mistress, she laughed self-deprecatingly."Would you look at that? My father was a serial cheater, and so am I. Looks like being unfaithful runs in the family. No wonder you said that Marvin