FITCH MANSION
"I now pronounce you husband and
wife."
Andy
cannot move. Hearing that line
spoken aloud seems to have paralyzed him. There is a finality to it that
hits him harder than he imagined it would or could. Suddenly, the hope
-- the fantasy -- of rushing in and stopping the wedding is shattered.
His mother
has been bound to this this man,
and now ... This can't be happening.
He hears himself let out a distressed
"No!," but it sounds somehow hollow to his ears.
The congregation shoots around to
stare at him. He knows they are looking, but his focus is too strongly
locked upon Katherine and the look she is giving him. It is a glare, to
be sure -- a colder glare than he has ever seen her give anyone. Even at
the height of her hatred for Danielle, Katherine never looked at her this
way.
A chill rocks Andy's body. He watches,
as if through a fog, as Katherine gives the minister the okay to continue.
She and Nick kiss, a sight that truly terrifies Andy. And the processional
music begins to play as the newlyweds start on their way down the aisle
and towards him.
He can tell that Katherine is avoiding
eye contact with him, almost as if she is pretending that he is not there
at all. But he is able to catch her eye -- and that same chilly glare --
and he holds it until she and Nick are just in front of him.
"Don't do this, Mother," he says,
his voice heavy with something that is closer to warning than pleading.
"Don't leave with him."
He thinks he sees a flicker of hesitation
in Katherine, but it vanishes as quickly as it materializes. She lifts
her chin. "Please leave," she says, her voice maintaining that same steady
chilliness as her stare. "I won't have you ruining my wedding day."
With that, she leads Nick through
the curtains. At the last moment, Andy searches Nick's reaction for something
-- a clue, a sign, anything -- but the man holds a stiff expression, showing
nothing more than faint disapproval and perhaps sympathy for his bride.
A moment later, Andy pushes his way
through the curtains as well, before the rush of guests can overwhelm him.
He flies right past Katherine and Nick, not wishing to give them even another
look, and storms out of the mansion.
Once he is on the porch, he draws
out his cellular phone and dials frantically. But the only response he
receives is ceaseless ringing ...
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