They Let Me Die For Her Perfect Wedding

Synopsis

When I was eighteen, I broke something that belonged to my stepsister Lily Johnson's late father, and my dad and brother threw me out of the house. They exiled me to some backwater village in the middle of nowhere and told me I needed to atone for what I'd done to Lily. Later, I got sick—so sick I was dying. I desperately needed to get back to Calkins for emergency surgery, but they still wouldn't let me come home. Because Lily was about to marry my ex-fiancé, Edward Foster. "As long as you're not dead yet, just tough it out. There's no reason for you to come back to Calkins for treatment," my brother said. "Lily's getting married to Edward any day now, and if you come back, you're obviously just trying to ruin things for her," my father added. "Stay in that village where you belong. If you actually die, we'll come collect your body then." They were convinced that Edward had always been in love with me, not Lily. They believed that if I came back, he'd abandon Lily and choose me instead. So, for the sake of Lily's happiness, they decided I should just stay there and die. But I wanted to live, so I had no choice; I called Edward. "Everyone says you're actually in love with me, so can you come to Willowdale and save me?" I later heard that when he received my call, he was in the middle of his wedding ceremony. Edward walked out on everyone at that wedding because of my phone call. He chartered a private plane that same night and flew straight to me.