My Fiancé Left the Phone Line Open One Day Before Our Wedding, and I Heard Him Tell His Mother He Planned to Take My House, My Savings, and Then Get Rid of Me. So I Changed a Few Details About the Ceremony—and When the Final Wedding Gift Appeared on the Screen, Nathan Learned He Had Never Been the One Running the Con.

Linda hissed, “Stop talking.”

Nathan looked at her.

Then back at me.

“She should have stopped too.”

Grace gasped.

Alvarez immediately stepped closer.

“What does that mean?”

Nathan smiled.

“I mean professionally.”

Rebecca snapped, “Do not answer anything else.”

Nathan laughed.

“She’s not my lawyer.”

“Exactly,” Rebecca said.

Alvarez watched him carefully.

I thought that was the twist.

I thought discovering Nathan’s real identity, his real marriage, and his connection to Melissa was the worst truth waiting for me.

I was wrong.

Because then Grace walked forward.

She was crying, but her voice was steady.

“We found Mom’s drive.”

Linda stopped moving.