Gate to Goodbye — The Empty Banquet Hall

By the time Lucas made it to the hotel, tell, a whole crowd of relatives and friends were already waiting in the lobby. I'm sorry, there's genuinely no wedding scheduled here today. All the banquet halls are empty. How is that possible? Lucas frowned. The whole thing felt absurd. Are you sure you're not

mistaken? Check again. We booked this venue two weeks ago. The catering's arranged, the planner's confirmed. There's no way there's no wedding. The front desk told him. Sir, our records show a booking was made two weeks ago for today, but it was cancelled last week. Canceled? Who canceled it? One moment, let me check. A Mrs. Kingsley? Lucas went stiff.

Chloe, did you know Evelyn canceled the wedding? You've been handling most of the wedding Wouldn't the hotel have told you if it got canceled? I had no idea either. I was only charge of the outfits, props, and makeup. Evelyn's always dealt with the hotel side never mentioned canceling anything to me. Suddenly, something occurred to him, and his

Lurched did something happen to Evelyn? He grabbed his phone and dialed the number straight to voicemail still No reply to his texts either the mood in the lobby turned serious fast Chloe suddenly burst into tears Is Evelyn still mad at us for leaving without her last time? Is that why she's doing this? This is all my fault. I shouldn't have flown out early that day. I ruined your wedding Chloe. This isn't on you

Evelyn's always been mature about things. There's no way she'd blow up over something this Oh, something must have happened to her. I'll find out once I reach her.