The mayor tried to ruin me at the altar—until the pastor spoke a single name that brought the entire ceremony to a halt

assault on me evaporated in a fraction of a second. The deep, mottled flush of rage on her neck rapidly gave way to a sickly, ashen gray. Her manicured hands, which were still curled into fists at her sides, began to tremble—not with anger, but with a sudden, uncontrollable tremor of genuine panic.

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