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— Leonardo da Vinci

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Twelve hours before I was supposed to marry Daniel, I stood outside his mother’s kitchen and heard her laughing about how easy it would be to get my house once I became his wife. “Claire won’t fight us. She wants a family too badly.” Then Daniel answered her. He didn’t defend me. He said, “Just wait until after tomorrow.” I quietly started recording, walked back to my car, and canceled my wedding before sunrise.

  Part 1 I hadn’t gone back to Evelyn Mercer’s house because I was suspicious. That is the part I remember most clearly. If I…

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Three days before my daughter was supposed to marry into one of the most respected families in Charleston, the wedding coordinator called and told me the groom’s mother had ordered my name removed from the program. “They feel your presence would make certain guests uncomfortable,” she whispered. I had already spent $48,600 on the wedding, but that wasn’t why I told her to stop everything. The people banning me had overlooked one inconvenient detail: the ballroom they planned to celebrate in belonged to me.

  Part 1 “Say that again, Natalie.” I was standing barefoot in my kitchen with one hand around a mug of coffee and the other…

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