10/02/2025
Before our wedding, my bride gave me a note, reading, "SAY NO AT THE ALTAR!"
For months, my fiancée, Emily, had been eagerly counting down to our wedding, absolutely glowing with excitement. Every time we talked about it, she'd pull out an old childhood photo album, full of magazine cutouts, princess gowns, and little notes about her dream day.
"I've imagined this moment since I was a kid," she'd say with a smile. "And I'm so happy it's with you."
Her excitement was infectious—until the ceremony began.
The guests had just taken their seats when Emily quietly slipped a folded note into my hand.
I opened it and froze. Five words stared back at me: "Say NO at the altar."
My heart stopped. I looked at her, confused. "What?"
She squeezed my hand, her grip steady. "Just trust me. Do it."
I wanted to argue, to ask why—but something in her eyes, calm and certain, made me hold back. She wasn't scared. She wasn't desperate. She had a plan.
And I trusted her.
When the officiant asked if I took Emily to be my wife, I paused just long enough for whispers to ripple through the crowd. Then, with my stomach in knots, I said, "No."
The room went completely silent. A chair scraped across the floor.
And then, from somewhere in the crowd, came a laugh—cold, sharp, and cruel.
I turned toward the sound.
And there SHE was.
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