My stepdaughter arrived at my second wedding in a wedding dress to steal the show – but what my daughter did made her shout, "You had no right!"

"Please don't make a scene."

Maya smiled.

It was the kind of smile that always made me nervous when she was little.

"Enjoy the ceremony, Mom," she told me. "I'll take care of the reception."

"I'm in charge of reception."

I had no idea what that meant.

I still married Thomas.

He didn't take his eyes off me for a single second, and that's the only reason I managed to hold out throughout the entire ceremony.

But amidst the wishes, to the sound of music, a question kept nagging at me like a weight I couldn't let go of.

What exactly had Maya planned?

What exactly had Maya planned?

To understand why all this happened, you need to know who Lauren is.

She spent years viewing our family gatherings as trials she had to overcome.

During Maya's graduation ceremony, she announced her engagement to Leo during the toast.

At countless dinners, she leaned towards me with a smile and said something like, "It's so nice that Leo still makes time for you."

As if my son's love were a favor that was being distributed sparingly.

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