![]() Tell me, babe, tell me you don’t feel the same way about me that I feel about you. I’m not going anywhere, not until Hayley answers my question, Danny said, standing his ground. The two men glared at each other, and Hayley feared a fight might break out so she stepped between them to keep the two men separated. Maybe you ought to listen to your daughter and take a seat. It’s too late, Bruce said sternly, quickly losing patience. Splitting up with you was the absolute worst decision I ever made in my life, and I will never be at peace until I correct it. I love you, Hayley, I’ve never stopped loving you. Not until your mother tells me that she no longer loves me. Dad, why don’t you come here and sit next to me. Gemma held up a hand from the middle of the congregation, calling to her father. He gestured toward Hayley and Bruce standing numbly at the altar in front of Reverend Staples. "My plane got delayed in Philadelphia and I didn’t think I was going to make it, but I got here at the last minute, and imagine my surprise when I walked in here and saw this!" I never thought in a million years he would actually show up! I mean he lives in Idaho! Hayley glanced at Liddy, who was sitting in the front row with her mother, Celeste. "I didn’t! Liddy invited me to her wedding!" Hayley’s brother, Randy, who was sitting on the end of a pew, looked as if he might try to intervene and stop Danny en route, but he demurred as Danny blew past him and marched right up to the still-in-shock couple.ĭanny, what’s going on? How did you know-? But due to unforeseen circumstances, the wedding had been abruptly called off, leaving Bruce to unexpectedly propose to Hayley, and with Liddy’s blessing, the wedding ceremony had resumed with a new bride and groom.ĭanny charged down the aisle toward them. How could he have possibly known she was going to marry Bruce Linney, the crime reporter from the Island Times newspaper where she worked? It was Hayley’s best friend Liddy Crawford who was supposed to be married today, in this church, at this time. She swooned, fearing she was on the cusp of fainting dead away.īruce gripped her hands even tighter to keep her steady as she stared at the intruder standing on the church threshold. The crowd gasped and whipped around in their seats to see who was rudely interrupting the ceremony. ![]() Wait! I do! I have just cause! a man bellowed from the back of the church. By the power vested in me by the state of Maine. He waited a moment, smiled at the happy couple, and then got right to the good part. Reverend Staples stood before Hayley and Bruce and all the wedding guests filling the pews of the Congregational church and asked, If anyone here has just cause why these two people should not be married, speak now or forever hold your peace. ![]()
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