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I sat motionless, staring at him in disbelief.
“You want me to cancel my dream wedding, an event I have planned for a year, just so Melanie can throw a party for social media?” I asked, keeping my voice very calm.
“Don’t be so dramatic, Julia,” Melanie interrupted, rolling her eyes. “You’re just having a small, boring wedding with Owen’s quiet friends. Nobody cares about your little party. My event will have actual famous people and media coverage. Your wedding can just happen next year. My career cannot wait. Stop being
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so selfish and give me the venue.”
I looked at Dad, waiting for him to defend me.
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Instead, Thomas leaned forward, his expression hardening.
“Your sister is right, Julia,” Thomas said. “Melanie’s public image and her business are simply more important than your one-day party. You have always been the strong one who doesn’t need special treatment. Melanie needs this help right now. If you refuse to cancel your wedding date and give her that date, your entire family will boycott your wedding. We will not come. You will either cancel your wedding tomorrow or you are completely dead to this family.”
A heavy silence followed.
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Melanie sat there smirking, certain family guilt would force me to surrender my dream.
They genuinely believed I would cry and sacrifice my happiness just to keep their love.
But looking at their entitled faces, something inside me broke permanently.
The family guilt that
had controlled me for years disappeared. I finally understood that I had spent my life chasing love from people who only wanted to use me.
“No,” I said clearly.
There was no sadness or hesitation in my voice.
Thomas’s face turned bright red.
“What did you just say?” he shouted, slamming his hand hard onto the table, making the glasses rattle.
“How dare you talk back to me? If you walk out of this restaurant without helping your sister, you will have no family left on your wedding day.”
“Then I will have no family left,” I replied, standing up slowly.
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I grabbed my purse, turned away from their shouting, and left the restaurant.
Once inside my car, I didn’t cry.
The pain had disappeared, replaced by a clear, cold plan for absolute revenge.
