Chapter 3 - Daniel Admits Giving Tiffany The Code
Daniel asked Margaret to speak privately.
She refused.
“Anything involving my card can be discussed with the planner and
counsel present.”
The wedding planner, Sofia Reyes, joined them in a side room.
Daniel confessed.
Margaret had given him a temporary authorization code months earlier to
pay a deposit while she was traveling.
He saved it.
Later Tiffany wanted upgrades.
Daniel used the code.
“How many times?” Margaret asked.
“Three.”
The records showed seven.
Daniel looked at Tiffany.
She folded her arms.
“I thought he had permission.”
Margaret did not know whether that was true.
Sofia produced the change orders.
Four carried Daniel’s email approval.
Three had come from an address that looked almost identical to
Margaret’s.
One letter was different.
Someone had created a fake email account.
Tiffany said she knew nothing about it.
Daniel said the same.
Margaret did not accuse either without evidence.
She asked Sofia to preserve everything.
Then she called her bank and reported the disputed authorizations.
The bank would investigate.
Tiffany became furious.
“You’re humiliating us at our wedding.”
Margaret touched her cheek.
“You slapped me in front of two hundred people.”
Tiffany looked away.
Daniel finally said:
“She’s right.”
It was the first time he had contradicted his bride all evening.
Tiffany stared at him.
“Excuse me?”
Daniel swallowed.
“You shouldn’t have hit her.”
Margaret felt no satisfaction.
Her son had needed several minutes and a financial crisis to say
something obvious.
Then Sofia quietly handed Margaret another invoice.
It was not for flowers or champagne.
It was a $12,000 payment to a company called Everly Bridal Consulting.
Sofia had never hired that company.
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Margaret recognized the address.
It belonged to Tiffany’s mother, Caroline.
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