Second in Silence
The sweet air was shattered by a recording and photos that no one expected, splashing across the screen for all to see.
Whispers and gasps swirled around me, growing louder by the second.
"The Wallace family sure knows how to put on a spectacle!"
"He's marrying his brother's widow?"
"Doesn't Emily see what's happening?"
"Perhaps they've joined forces to kill Jeffrey so that there's more inheritance to go around."
Chaos reigned on the stage.
Emily's screams pierced the air, begging for the screen to be shut off, her earlier joy wiped away in an instant.
Margaret, catching sight of the screen's contents, collapsed. This time, it was not for show.