‘The Wedding Is Off,’ My Son Declared, Pointing at the Bride’s ‘Father’
Everyone expected tears of joy at my son’s wedding. No one expected the groom to stop the ceremony with a single, chilling sentence—while pointing at the bride’s father. They say weddings are supposed to be the happiest day of your life—a beginning, a promise, a celebration. But for me, Elaine, a mother and wife who always believed that love could survive anything, it became the day everything unraveled. Like a ribbon pulled too tight, everything snapped, right there in a room full of flowers, music, and unsuspecting guests. For months,