My Daughter Asked Me Not to Come to Her Wedding Because I’d ‘Embarrass’ Her – What the Groom Did at the Altar Left 200 Guests Frozen
She stared at him.
“Did you know who your mother was to my family?”
Lauren didn’t answer.
“Lauren.”
Her lips trembled.
“You saw the photograph?”
“Yes.”
Nobody moved.
Ethan stared at her.
“How long?”
“Months.”
“Then why have you spent all this time making sure I never met her?”
“You saw the photograph?”
“Yes.”
“And her name?”
Lauren nodded.
“Yes.”
Ethan stepped back.
The words hung there.
“Then why have you spent all this time making sure I never met her?”
Lauren wiped her face.
“Because I lied.”
The words hung there.
Ethan frowned.
“About what?”
The officiant quietly stepped forward.
Lauren looked around at the watching guests.
Then at me.
She couldn’t say it.
The officiant quietly stepped forward.
“Perhaps we should continue this conversation somewhere private.”
The moment the door closed, Lauren started sobbing.
