Chapter 2: The Wedding That Ended in Court
Chapter 2: The Wedding That Ended in Court
The video spread faster than anyone expected.
Someone leaked it to the media within forty-eight hours.
Every news channel carried the same headline.
Groom Arrested After Wedding CCTV Reveals Assault on Child.
Public sympathy vanished overnight.
Preston was arrested and charged with aggravated battery against a child, filing a false police report, and evidence tampering related to the staged theft.
His employer placed him on immediate leave.
Within a week, he lost his job.
The bride, Claire, filed for an annulment before they had even returned from what was supposed to be their honeymoon.
"I married a man," she later said in a public statement.
"I discovered a stranger."
Evelyn's parents stood by Preston at first.
They insisted the family should "handle it privately."
Then the CCTV footage was played in court.
Frame by frame.
There was no misunderstanding.
No missing context.
Only choice after choice that led to violence.
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For the first time in his life, Preston couldn't argue his way out of the truth.
The jury returned a guilty verdict.
