CHAPTER 2: THE SECRET THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING
Victoria returned to the reception pretending nothing had happened.
Her hands shook as she accepted congratulations.
Her smile looked unnatural.
Every passing minute felt like an hour.
Soon someone noticed Margaret was missing.
Then Daniel noticed.
"Has anyone seen my mother?"
Victoria forced herself to remain calm.
"Maybe she's resting somewhere."
But Daniel looked worried.
Minutes later, several guests began searching the property.
Suddenly, a scream echoed across the estate.
Everyone froze.
A security guard came running.
His face was pale.
"Someone went over the cliff!"
The celebration instantly descended into chaos.
Daniel sprinted toward the overlook.
Victoria followed with the crowd.
Below, emergency teams were gathering.
Spotlights illuminated the rocky shoreline.
Then something happened that nobody expected.
A rescue helicopter appeared overhead.
One of the rescue workers shouted into a radio.
Then turned toward the crowd.
"She's alive!"
Gasps erupted everywhere.
Victoria felt her knees weaken.
Alive?
That wasn't possible.
The cliff was nearly two hundred feet high.
How could anyone survive?
The answer arrived moments later.
Margaret had never actually fallen into the ocean.
Halfway down the cliff was a maintenance platform built years earlier for repairs.
The wheelchair had crashed onto the platform instead of falling all the way down.
Margaret had suffered only minor injuries.
But that wasn't the worst part.
The worst part came when police officers reviewed security footage.
Every camera on the estate had captured Victoria pushing the wheelchair.
Every angle.
Every second.
There was no doubt.
No misunderstanding.
No accident.
The crowd watched in horror.
Daniel stood frozen.
His eyes filled with disbelief.
"You tried to kill my mother?"
Victoria burst into tears.
"It wasn't supposed to happen like that!"
The moment the words escaped her mouth, she realized her mistake.
The silence that followed was devastating.
Daniel looked as though his heart had shattered.
Police officers stepped forward.
But before they could place Victoria under arrest, another shocking revelation emerged.
One that would leave the entire wedding speechless.
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Margaret wasn't who everyone thought she was.
Not even close.
