CHAPTER TWENTY ONE – A RUINED WEDDING

The morning of the wedding dawned bright and clear, the promise of a new chapter hanging heavy in the air. Karina awoke with a sense of nervous anticipation, her heart racing as she contemplated the day that lay ahead. As she stepped out of bed, her gaze landed on the CCTV footage from the night before, the damning evidence of Kayla and Matthew's betrayal still seared into her memory. A small, triumphant smile tugged at the corners of her lips. Today, the tables would turn, and she would finally reclaim the control that had been so cruelly ripped from her. Karina made her way to the bathroom, where Kayla and her sisters were already bustling about, fussing over hair and makeup. Putting on a dazzling smile, she greeted them with warmth, her eyes sparkling with a hint of mischief that only her sisters seemed to detect. "Good morning, my darlings," she sang, her voice lilting with false cheer. "Isn't it a simply glorious day?" Kayla turned to her, a tentative smile on her lips. "Karin