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n alliance between our two f

own. I remained where I was, curled up on my side, facing the wall. I w

t e

ough I'd loved Harvey, but what I'd pictured as my future had been snatched away from me in a split second. I hadn't eve

d at my father's side, my hand in his, dressed in black instead of white

Tam. They, too, all wore black, though Tam had also been in the same

ed for her. A part of me wished I could feel some kind of grief like she did, so I could play the grieving almost-wife, but I didn't know how I felt. I was numb inside and still in shock at everything that had happen

ell had something to do with his own brother's murder? Wo

uestion as to who was responsible for the shooti

of our families joining to become th

ening, proves it's the right thing," my father continued. "They fear

drew my knees closer to my chest.

cted to see strange faces. No one had clicked when what must have been a paid gun from the thir

heir own way. Neither the Wynters nor the Cornells were the kinds of peop

een dismissed as firecra

there hadn't even been a wedding because the groom

there, wrapped in my d

d torn off my dress, my eyes dry from shock. Layla had come with me, also pale an

the Cornell family wer

t man, had been standing right next to Harvey

wd. There was also a little part of me that blamed myself. If he hadn't

ther's tone had changed. He meant business now, and ther

meet his eye, though. I was ashamed of feeling so sorry for myself. But

the stilt huts over the water in Tahiti, drinking champagne and making love to my new husband a

nothing has changed

mean? Everything has changed.

were supposed to spend it with w

t, my forehead crumpling. "What happened on you

filled with the most powerful people in both our families, and still managed

you sayi

ng that there still needs to b

arry one of the

..isn't the younger one alr

lking about

"Tam Cornell? Is that w

church, glaring at me as I made my entrance. It hadn't been the first time I'd come

rtners. I hadn't wanted to be there, but he'd insisted both Jayden and I join him. He wanted t

e to plan, and the night

that had stayed with me for a long time, and that I'd kept a secret from everyone-even Layla.

ldn't have put him in the best light. I'd been eighteen then, and he must have alrea

old!" I

four, Hallie.

"And besides, he never even liked the idea of me and Harvey getting married. He

ng a little difficulty. Tam isn't ex

ing from ba

meone who doesn't even w

mise. He wants you to

you both still agree to the marriage af

f I sa

, Hallie. This is important. Nothing is more

. "I'm your family. Isn'