Chapter 24 - The Cost of the Perfect WeddingThe wedding had been financed through several sources.
Silas paid for the ballroom and guest accommodations.
Adrian covered the orchestra and catering.
Felicity’s family was responsible for her gown, flowers, photography, and private vendors.
Within days, questions appeared.
Some vendor payments had been drawn from accounts Richard controlled on Jenna’s behalf.
The same inheritance fund used years earlier for Felicity’s gala dress had never been properly closed.
Richard had continued borrowing from it.
Small amounts.
Then larger ones.
He intended to repay everything after Felicity married into the Montgomery family.
The wedding was not only built on Jenna’s stolen story.
Parts of it were funded with money that still legally belonged to her.
Jenna met with an attorney at Silas’s insistence.
She disliked turning family pain into legal documents, but the attorney spoke plainly.
“Silence protected them. Records protect you.”
Bank statements confirmed years of unauthorized withdrawals.
Richard cooperated immediately.
He sold an investment property to restore the funds.
Marianne returned jewelry purchased through the same accounts.
Felicity refused at first.
Her floral wedding gown alone cost more than Jenna earned in several months.
Eventually, the designer reclaimed it under a payment dispute.
Photographs of the unfinished reception circulated privately, but Silas prevented the hospital story from becoming entertainment for gossip sites.
Jenna appreciated that.
She did not want fame.
She wanted her name returned to her own life.
Felicity sent one message.
You took everything.
Jenna did not respond.
Adrian was not property Jenna could take.
The fellowship was originally hers.
The inheritance was hers.
The truth belonged to everyone harmed by the lie.
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Felicity had lost only what deception could no longer hold.
👉 The money trail stripped away Felicity’s final illusion, but Jenna still had to decide whether reclaiming her future meant leaving emergency nursing behind.
