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Part 2: Ten Minutes<\/strong><\/h1>\n

I entered the reading room in my silk robe. Ashley, Curt, Mom, and Dad followed. Wesley stayed outside but gave me his phone with the original timestamped email open.<\/p>\n

Curt was the only person who looked confused.<\/p>\n

I placed their old wedding invitation on the table, set the folder facedown beside it, and started a timer.<\/p>\n

\u201cAshley, tell your husband the complete truth in your own words. Otherwise, I turn these pages over.\u201d<\/p>\n

She laughed too loudly.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is insane. Kathy has always been jealous. Her dress was ruined, so now she is staging an ambush.\u201d<\/p>\n

Curt looked at her.<\/p>\n

\u201cThen turn the pages over yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ashley did not move.<\/p>\n

The timer continued. She begged Mom to help. Mom tried to soften the truth.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe was in a bad emotional place back then. It wasn\u2019t serious.\u201d<\/p>\n

The words back then changed Curt\u2019s expression. Everyone knew something except him.<\/p>\n

Dad tried to stop the conversation, but Curt asked quietly, \u201cWhat are we not discussing?\u201d<\/p>\n

Ashley lunged for the folder. I placed my hand over it.<\/p>\n

\u201cRemoving the evidence was never part of the offer.\u201d<\/p>\n

She broke.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was nine years ago. It meant nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Curt stared at their wedding invitation.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were engaged,\u201d he said. \u201cHaley was three.\u201d<\/p>\n

When he asked who the man was, Ashley glanced toward the hallway, where Wesley was greeting guests. Curt understood.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat is why you changed the ceremony, canceled appointments, and ruined the dress,\u201d he said. \u201cThis whole day was about hiding it.\u201d<\/p>\n

He asked how long I had known.<\/p>\n

\u201cThree weeks. It was not mine to detonate. If they had left my wedding alone, I would never have opened this bag.\u201d<\/p>\n

Curt looked at the folder but chose not to read it.<\/p>\n

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Ashley fell to her knees, begging him to listen. When he stepped away, she turned to me.<\/p>\n

\u201cPlease, Kathy. Think about Haley.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou should have thought about Haley before using her to destroy my dress.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mom cried and begged me to keep everything inside the family.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou buried it there for nine years,\u201d I said. \u201cLook what grew from it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Curt apologized for my dress and walked out. Ashley ran after him.<\/p>\n

Thirty minutes after the punch was poured, the folder remained unopened.<\/p>\n

I returned it to my bag and faced my parents.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow I get married. You may stay or drive home.\u201d<\/p>\n

Outside the room, Meredith waited with my gown. She had removed the ruined tulle layer and cleaned the ivory sheath beneath it.<\/p>\n

Grandma\u2019s lace had survived.<\/p>\n

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