Chapter 5 - The Snake in the Room
Rebecca blinked in surprise, clearly not expecting me to bring up her mother, Evelyn, at that precise moment.
Evelyn was a retired probate attorney who had spent the last three months helping us structure our blended family estate.
Or at least, that was what I had been led to believe by the two of them.
"Mom is already in the front row, Daniel," Rebecca replied, her tone growing increasingly impatient.
"Why are you asking about my mother right now? The minister is waiting at the altar!"
"Because I need her to notarize a small change to the beneficiary clause," I said smoothly, stepping past her into the hallway.
"I want to make sure Emily and Noah are protected in case anything unexpected happens to me."
Rebecca’s face contorted into a mask of pure, bitter fury, dropping her loving bride act entirely.
"Emily?" Rebecca hissed through her teeth. "Emily didn't even care enough to show up to our wedding today!"
"She is staying home pretending to have a migraine just to make a scene and ruin our special day!"
"She doesn't deserve a single dime of your estate after how disrespectfully she has treated me!"
Listening to her spit poison about my daughter while Emily lay bleeding in an ICU bed made my blood boil.
It took every ounce of strength in my body not to grab Rebecca by her white lace collar and scream the truth in her face.
"She's my daughter, Rebecca," I said coldly, holding Noah's tiny hand tightly in mine.
"And no matter what happens today, my blood comes first."
Before Rebecca could reply, my best man, Marcus, came sprinting down the hallway with a panicked look on his face.
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"Daniel! Thank God I found you!" Marcus wheezed, breathing heavily. "We have a massive problem out front!"
"The police just pulled up to the venue with two detective units!"
