Now, watching the footage on my screen, watching Benjamin tangled up with Elise, the two of them so desperate they nearly broke down the equipment room door, the pain that tore through my chest was beyond anything I could control.
So it was true. Exactly what I had suspected all along.
Elise had never been assaulted. She had been cheating with him.
I dragged the video's progress bar forward, and something unbelievable appeared on the screen.
My pupils blew wide.
After a long silence, I let out a bitter, broken laugh.
Benjamin Delgado.
Did you have any idea that your self-righteous little act of "protection" just made you someone else's fall guy?
My phone buzzed with a string of messages from Benjamin, urging me to hurry. I pushed the thoughts down and typed back a calm reply.
"Fine. I'll be there."
I would go. But not to clear their names.
I was going to deliver the heaviest blow of their lives.
When I arrived at the wedding venue, every pair of eyes that found me carried the same look: mockery and contempt.
Elise's mother spotted me and marched straight over, spitting at my feet. Her voice was shrill enough to cut glass.