On the day I was to marry Adam, our officiant fell ill, and a new woman stepped in. What I didn’t expect was that she would reveal a secret that changed everything.
I’m Cassandra. Adam and I met two years before our wedding and quickly grew close. He proposed during a mountain trip, and we planned a simple wedding with close family and friends. Sarah, our original officiant, was kind and knew our story well.
But on the wedding day, Sarah couldn’t come. Margaret replaced her and started the ceremony with strange words about love tested by hardship. Then she told me not to marry Adam.
Margaret revealed Adam had a wife and daughter he abandoned right after the child’s birth. Margaret was the mother of that wife and had been searching for Adam for years.
Adam denied it, but I saw the truth. I removed my ring and left, shaken but knowing I made the right choice.
Margaret’s intervention saved me from a painful future. I’m thankful for her bravery.
