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"Cancel the wedding." My fiancé, Mateo Fields stood at the other end of the red carpet, dressed in a tailored suit. His tone sounded as calm as if he were commenting on the weather. More than three hundred guests turned to look at me in unison. I wore a custom-made wedding gown. I held a bouquet that cost 3 thousand dollars. My makeup had taken four hours. And now, I was publicly dumped. I said, "Mateo, what did you say?" I thought I had misheard. Mateo responded, "I said, the wedding is canceled." Beside him, my best friend Velma Lehman walked up with a slightly rounded belly and hooked her arm through his. Head down, she said in a soft and fragile tone, "Susan, I'm sorry. I'm three months pregnant. Mateo said he must take responsibility." I stared at her stomach, then at Mateo. He did not even look at me, saying, "I will return the 250 thousand down payment in installments." I suddenly laughed. Behind me, the best man Shawn Bingham had walked to my side at some point. In a low voice, he said, "Do you want to make them regret it?" I took off my wedding ring and threw it onto the ground. "Sure."