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!"

"I thought she deserved something special."

"I went home earlier to get this, just for you," Maya said softly.

Lauren opened it as if she were expecting a joke.

I saw the smugness disappear from his face in the blink of an eye, replaced by something that looked more like panic.

She looked up at Maya, then at Leo.

My son had turned as white as a sheet.

Lauren stood up so quickly that her chair almost tipped over.

"You had no right!"

Lauren opened it as if she were expecting a joke.

The whispers started immediately.

It spread from table to table like a match that sets fire to dry grass.

Leo couldn't take his eyes off what was in that envelope.

Maya, for her part, didn't flinch.

She remained there, with the same calm as since this morning, as if she had already made peace with what was to follow.

Leo couldn't take his eyes off what was in that envelope.

"I found these divorce papers last week," she said calmly. "Leo and I were finishing up Mom's wedding present in the garage. You had already signed all the pages."

Lauren froze.

"I asked Leo about it," Maya continued. "He told me that you always threatened him with divorce when you didn't get what you wanted. And that you always expected him to beg you to stay."

A murmur rippled through the guests, faint and incredulous.

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