Chapter 18 - The Wedding That Never Happened
Six months later, Julian opened the box containing the wedding rings.
He had not looked at them since the warehouse.
Martha sat beside him.
“Throw them away.”
“No.”
He sold them.
The money funded a legal clinic for elderly victims of financial coercion.
The wedding venue returned part of the deposit.
Julian used the rest to restore Celeste Mercer’s name in company records.
A formal statement admitted Henry and Martha had failed to correct the false theft accusation.
Bianca received a copy in prison.
She wrote Julian.
Thank you.
He did not answer.
Not every apology requires a relationship.
Not every act of repair requires forgiveness.
Mateo recovered from the gunshot.
Julian promoted him.
Mateo refused.
“I already spend enough time saving you from your dating decisions.”
May you like
For the first time in months, Julian laughed.
