Shirley
Five years ago, at that engagement party, I punched out a front tooth belonging to Jace, the personal bodyguard of my fiancée Elle.
To get revenge for her bodyguard lover, Elle planted fake evidence claiming I sold family secrets to a rival. She framed me and personally threw me into the family's underground dungeon.
The day I made it out of those cells alive, I ran right into Elle and Jace's wedding.
Everyone thought I would shoot the place up like a mad dog.
But I didn't.
I just took an old suitcase, boarded a flight across the Atlantic, and vanished from this land.
Three years after my release, I accompanied my wife Quinn back to my hometown, just in time for my birthday.
We agreed to celebrate at the most exclusive club in the city, and she said she had a surprise for me.
I arrived early. Who knew that the moment I pushed open the doors of that high-end club, I would run right into Jace, surrounded by a bunch of goons.
"Oh? Look who we have here."
"Isn't this our once-glorious big shot?"
"Well, well. I haven't seen you in a few years. How did Mr. Cole end up looking so pathetic? You can't even afford a decent suit anymore?"