Chapter 201: A Wedding with Malice

The invitation was an exercise in gaudy excess. Thick, cream-colored cardstock embossed with gold leaf, the cursive script announcing the union of Estella Lewis and Fernando Turner. It felt heavy in Pierce Jackson’s hand, not from its weight, but from the history it represented—a history of betrayal, humiliation, and a past he was long ready to bury. Nancy Green watched him from across the living room, her expression a mixture of concern and curiosity. "You don't have to go, you know. We...