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When the wedding day finally arrived, I entered the reception hall with my head held high and a perfectly polite smile on my face.
Inside, my stomach was tense with nervousness, but outwardly I appeared completely calm and composed.
Colin greeted me at the entrance as if nothing had ever happened between us. He leaned towards me, gave me a quick kiss on the cheek, and placed his hand possessively on my lower back, as if we were still the perfect couple everyone thought we were.
Meanwhile, Kara floated through the festively decorated room in her flowing white dress, as if she were the star of her own fairytale film.
Outwardly, she seemed overjoyed, full of triumph and contentment. But when I looked at her, I saw only my mother’s mutilated roses and the devastation she had carelessly left in my garden.
My big moment finally arrived after all the speeches had been given and the wedding cake cut into perfect slices. The DJ called over his microphone for everyone to gather around the gift table at the front of the room.