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The Wedding Execution
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00:00They call me a vindictive lunatic, a woman with a heart made of jagged glass and a soul drenched
00:05in gasoline. Most people, when slapped, turn the other cheek. Me? I ripped the arm off the person
00:11who slapped me and beat them with it. I remember when I was 7, a neighbor accused me of stealing
00:16a measly 20 bucks. I didn't cry. I didn't plead. I waited until the moon was high, climbed onto
00:22her porch, and systematically dismantled the tiles of her roof until the rain flooded her entire life.
00:28At 25, a colleague whispered that my promotion was bought in bed. I didn't report her to HR.
00:34I found the hidden camera, footage of her and the married CEO in the supply closet, and played
00:39it on a 10-foot LED. Loop at the annual gala while sipping champagne. I don't forget. I don't forgive.
00:46And now, my family has traded me like a prize mayor to the Nelsons. Edwin Nelson, a man who thinks
00:51his
00:52family's old money can buy my submission. He thinks he's marrying a socialite. He doesn't realize he's
00:57opening the door to a category 5 hurricane. And tonight, at our pre-wedding gala, the storm
01:02is finally making landfall. The ballroom smelled of lilies and hypocrisy. I stood there, wrapped in
01:09a silk dress that cost more than most people's education, watching her. Hannah Robinson, Edwin's
01:14so-called childhood friend. In reality, she was a parasite with a French manicure, clinging to Edwin's
01:20farm as if she were the bride. She leaned in close, her breath smelling of expensive gin
01:24and cheap malice.
01:26Marjorie, I see you're following the family tradition of aggressive social climbing. Given
01:33your mother's history with the Flynn's, I assume Edwin is simply your latest attempt at
01:37job security, after your last sponsor lost interest?
01:41The laughter that followed was sharp, like the sound of breaking bones. Edwin didn't stop
01:46them. He didn't even flinch. He just stood there, his eyes cold, enjoying my supposed humiliation.
01:52They were all waiting for me to shatter. But they forgot one thing. You can't break something
01:57that's already made of steel.
01:59I didn't blink. I reached for a crystal bottle of vintage scotch on the table. With a slow,
02:05deliberate motion, I smashed it against the mohawkini edge. The sound cracked through the
02:10room like a gunshot. Before Hannah could even gasp, I had the jagged, dripping edge pressed
02:15firmly against her throat, right where her pulse was thrumming with terror.
02:19Edwin, I said.
02:20You have so many friends. One less wouldn't matter, right?
02:24Hannah's face went from pale to ghostly. The vultures stopped laughing. Edwin's face darkened.
02:30He grabbed me. He shoved my hand away with a force that bruised my wrist.
02:34Marjorie, what is wrong with you? Hannah was just joking.
02:43Can't you take a joke for once in your life?
02:49A joke? I whispered. I've never had much of a sense of humor. I don't get jokes. So anyone
02:55who jokes with me, I make them the joke.
02:58The room was thick with tension. Edwin's friends started jeering.
03:02Yeah, Marjorie. Someone like Edwin marrying you is a blessing for you. Can't you take a joke?
03:06Yeah, can't you take a joke?
03:08I felt a slow, predatory smile spread across my face. If they wanted a game, I'd give them
03:13one they'd never survive. I pulled out my black card. Limitless, cold, and powerful,
03:19and slammed it onto the table.
03:21Let's play a game. Truth or dare. Six rounds. If anyone makes me take a single sip of this
03:28drink tonight, this card is yours. You can buy a new life with it. But if you lose,
03:36watching Hannah's greed battle with her fear, she reached for the dice, her eyes gleaming. She
03:41thought she was lucky. She didn't realize that in my world. The house always wins, and I am the house.
03:47I didn't even look at the dice as they rattled across the table. A perfect alignment of hell.
03:53I looked Hannah dead in the eye. Truth. She hesitated, her lip trembling. Truth. Tell me,
04:03Hannah. Did your mother marry your father before you were born, or did she wait until the original
04:07wife died of a broken heart three months after your birth? Is it true your entire existence is
04:14built on the ruins of another woman's life? The room went deathly silent. Hannah looked like
04:18I'd slapped her with a ghost. I-I-I picked dare. I slid a glass of a lethal, dark concoction
04:24toward
04:25her. Fine. Drink this. Then call your mother on speakerphone and tell her that tonight,
04:32everyone knows she was nothing but a bacilli mistress.
04:39Edwin lunged at me then, his hand raised to strike. This was it. The moment the mask of the
04:44perfect groom finally fell. Edwin's hand stayed in midair, trembling with a rage he was too weak
04:51to act upon. He looked at me as if I were a monster, while Hannah huddled in his shadow like
04:56a wounded
04:57bird. Her father died for mine. That makes her family margit. Something you clearly don't understand
05:07with that ice water in your veins. I leaned in, my lips brushing his ear, whispering words that tasted
05:12like hemlock. Family? Or a convenient excuse for a mid-tier affair, Edwin? You're not a hero for
05:18protecting her. You're just a puppet with the strings pulled by a girl who smells like desperation.
05:24I walked out of that gala without looking back. My phone buzzed in my clutch. A message from my
05:30private investigator. Found it. The hero father? He didn't die saving anyone. He died running away with
05:37the company pension. I felt a cold, sharp joy. Tomorrow wasn't just a wedding, it was an execution.
05:43The morning of the wedding, the silk of my gown felt like cool armor against my skin.
05:48My father walked into the dressing room, his eyes scanning me not with love, but with the cold
05:53calculation of a CEO checking his stock. The Nelsons are fragile right now, Marjorie. He said.
06:00Marry him. Stabilize the merger. Then you can ruin him in private. I looked at my reflection. The
06:05perfect porcelain bride. But behind the veil, my eyes were those of a predator. Don't worry, dad.
06:13By the time the cake is cut, the Nelsons won't just be fragile. They'll be extinct.
06:19Just then, my phone chimed. A voice note from an unknown number. I pressed play. It was the sound
06:25of bedsheets rustling in Hannah's voice. Breathless and triumphant. She thinks she's winning because
06:31she has the ring, Edwin. But I have you. I didn't cry. I smiled. They just gave me the opening
06:39act
06:40for my show. The cathedral was packed with the city's elite. Vultures in tuxedos and hyenas in
06:46couture. As I stood at the back of the aisle, the organ music swelling, I saw Edwin at the altar.
06:51He looked smug, convinced he'd tamed the lunatic. Beside him, in the front row, Hannah was wearing
06:58a dress that was just a shade too close to white. I didn't start walking. Instead, I signaled my
07:04technician in the balcony. Suddenly, the music died. A static hiss filled the vaulted ceilings,
07:10followed by a sound that made the entire congregation gasp. Hannah's moans and Edwin's
07:14whispered promises from the night before, beaming through the $50,000 sound system.
07:20Marging is just a business transaction. You're the only one I truly want.
07:26Silence that followed was so heavy it felt like it would collapse the building. I stood there,
07:32the jilted bride, watching the color drain from Edwin's face until he looked like a corpse.
07:37I finally began my walk down the aisle, not as a victim, but as a judge. Every head turned,
07:43eyes wide with a mix of horror and pity. Edwin tried to step toward me,
07:47his mouth opening and closing like a fish out of water.
07:51Margie, I, I, that's not what it sounds like. I didn't let him finish. I reached him,
07:55and with the strength of every slight I'd ever endured, I delivered a slap that echoed like a
07:59gunshot. His head snapped to the side. It sounds exactly like a breach of contract, Edwin.
08:06My voice carrying to the very back row. Behind him, his father, old Mr. Nelson, clutched his chest,
08:12his face turning a terrifying shade of purple. He knew, in one minute, I hadn't just ruined a
08:18wedding. I'd wiped billions off their family's net worth, and I was just getting warmed up.
08:24Chaos erupted. Guests were fleeing. Reporters were storming the doors. In the middle of the
08:30carnage, my phone vibrated. A photo. My mother, tied to a chair on the rooftop of the hotel across the
08:36street. A jagged piece of rebar held to her throat by a hooded figure. Come alone, or she drops. The
08:43text read, I felt a surge of adrenaline so hot it burned. Hannah, only a girl that desperate would
08:49be that stupid. I didn't call the police, not yet. I wanted to see the look in her eyes, when
08:55she
08:55realized she'd brought a knife to a nuclear war. I slipped out the side door, shedding my veil like
09:00a snake shedding skin. Wait for me, Hannah. I have a gift for you. The wind at the top of
09:07the hotel was
09:08howling, whipping my white skirts around my legs like a ghost's shroud. Hannah was standing there,
09:13her eyes bloodshot and manic. Two of Edwin's friends, the same idiots who laughed at the gala,
09:19were holding my mother. You think you're so smart, Marjorie? Hannah screamed over the wind. You think you
09:25can just play with people's lives? I'm going to destroy you. I'm going to stream your heroic
09:31daughter begging for mercy while these guys have their way with her! I looked at my mother. She was
09:37terrified, but she locked eyes with me. I didn't show fear. I took a step forward, a cold, mocking laugh
09:44bubbling up in my throat. You really think this is how you win, Hannah? By becoming a common kidnapper?
09:50You're not a protagonist. You're a fit note. One of the thugs grabbed my hair, jerking my head back.
10:00Hannah pulled a small, pink pill from her pocket. This is a little something to make the show more
10:06interesting. By the time you wake up, you'll be the most hated woman in the country. A disgraced bride
10:15caught in a drug-yeled orgy. She shoved the pill down my throat and forced me to swallow. I choked,
10:22the bitter taste coating my tongue. I fell to my knees, gasping for air. Hannah turned to the camera
10:27she'd set up on a tripod. Are we live? Let's give the world what they want. I stayed on the
10:36floor,
10:36my hair covering my face. They thought I was fading. They didn't see the tiny microphone clipped to my
10:42bodice, or the way I was counting down the seconds in my head. 3, 2, 1. Suddenly, the thug holding
10:50the
10:50camera... Hannah? Wait. Look at the comments. Hannah ran to the screen, her smirk turning into a mask of
10:57pure horror. The feed wasn't showing me on the floor. It was showing everything. The camera she
11:02thought was hers had been hacked and redirected. The entire city, watching on the jumbotrons I'd rented,
11:08was seeing her hold a knife to an old woman's throat. They were seeing her force-feed me a pill.
11:18Surprise. My voice wasn't slurred. I palmed the pill and tucked it under my tongue,
11:23spitting it out the second they looked away. You wanted a live stream, Hannah?
11:28I just gave you a front-road seat to your own arrest.
11:36The sound of sirens began to wail from below. My security team, disguised as hotel staff,
11:43burst onto the roof. Within seconds, the thugs were pinned, and my mother was in my arms.
11:49Hannah was backed up against the ledge. Sobbing, her pure image shattered into a million filthy pieces.
11:55I walked up to her, stepping on the hem of her cheap dress.
12:02You know what the best part is, Hannah? While you were playing kidnapper, my lawyers were filing the
12:09paperwork. Your father's embezzlement files? They're on the DA's desk. Every penny Edmund gave you?
12:18It's being clawed back as stolen assets. I leaned over the ledge, looking at the tiny people below.
12:29You're not just going to jail. You're going to be a pauper. And in this city, that's a fate worse
12:34than
12:34death. An hour later, I walked back into the wedding venue. It was empty now, except for the janitors and
12:41a broken, keeping Edwin Nelson sitting on the steps. He looked up at me, his tuxedo torn, his eyes pleading.
12:48Margie, please. My father, he's in the ICU. The company is crashing.
12:59I was wrong. I'll do anything. I'll be the husband you want.
13:08I looked down at him as if he were a stain on my shoe. I reached into my bag, pulled
13:13out the
13:13wedding ring and dropped it into his half empty champagne glass. A husband? Edwin? I don't even
13:20want you as a footman. My voice ringing in the hollow hall. Go back to your little parasite.
13:25Go work a nine to five. Go see what it's like to be joking when you can't afford.
13:30Because from this moment on, you don't exist in my world.
13:36I turned and walked toward the light. The sound of my heels the only music I needed.
13:42After I got home, I received a phone call accusing me of a crime.
13:47Miss Flynn, we have received charges against you. Please come to the police station.
13:53I hung up the phone and went out to deal with it. As I stepped out of the police station,
13:59a sea of flashbulbs blinded me. Edwin's legal sharks had been busy,
14:04leaking photos of my arrest to paint me as a corporate bully tormenting a poor,
14:08innocent girl. A reporter shoved a mic into my face.
14:11Miss Flynn, any comment on the kidnapping charges?
14:14I didn't hide. I didn't flinch. I slowly removed my sunglasses,
14:19looked directly into the lens of a million-dollar camera,
14:22and raised my middle finger with royal elegance. I didn't need a PR team.
14:27I needed them to fear me. And soon, they would.
14:32On TV, Edwin was playing the role of his life. Tears in his eyes. Voice trembling.
14:38Marjay has always been violent.
14:40What? Hannah is just a girl who lost her father and wanted to protect me.
14:45I almost clapped for him.
14:47He was weaponizing pity to save the Nelson's plummeting stock.
14:51Little did he know, while he was practicing his grieving fiancé routine,
14:55I was already dissecting his father's secret offshore accounts.
14:59Edwin, every act has a ticket price. Yours?
15:02It's the entire Nelson empire.
15:05That night, I went live. No filters. No script.
15:09Just me in my cold, marble office.
15:12Ten million people tuned in within minutes.
15:17Since everyone loves a story, let's talk about the truth.
15:21I threw the first card, the autopsy and bank records of Hannah's father.
15:26The hero everyone's crying for, he was a thief who embezzled 200 million before taking the coward's way out.
15:32And the Nelsons, they were his biggest creditors.
15:35The comments section turned into a battlefield.
15:38Hannah's pure image didn't just crack.
15:40It disintegrated.
15:42I played the second card, the raw.
15:44Unedited audio from the rooftop.
15:51Listen to this poor girl, as she describes exactly how she planned to have her thugs violate my mother.
15:59Silence fell over the internet.
16:00The righteous fury of the masses shifted its trajectory.
16:04The stones they were throwing at me, were suddenly flying toward the Nelson headquarters.
16:08Three days after Hannah's arrest, I visited her.
16:12She wore orange polyester.
16:14Her green tea innocence replaced by tangled hair and manic eyes.
16:17You're a demon, Marguerite!
16:19You destroyed me!
16:20She screamed through the glass.
16:23I looked at her with the boredom one feels for a crushed insect.
16:26No, Hannah.
16:28Your greed destroyed you.
16:31You thought catching Edwin was catching a gold mine.
16:34You didn't realize he was just the trash can I was finished with.
16:40Fraud.
16:41Insider trading.
16:42False imprisonment.
16:44The Nelson family was a palace built on sand.
16:47And the tide had finally come in.
16:49Because of Edwin's stupidity, every poison pill in their contracts was triggered.
16:53My father, the shark he is, saw the blood in the water.
16:57We bought the Nelson core assets for pennies on the dollar.
17:00Edwin and his father fell from the clouds into the gutter.
17:03And I was the one who kicked the ladder away.
17:05When the dust settled, my father walked into my office.
17:08For the first time, I saw respect in his eyes.
17:11Well done, Marguerite.
17:13You're more ruthless than I imagined.
17:17He handed me the new appointment papers for the group.
17:20I was no longer a pawn to be traded in a strategic marriage.
17:23I was the one moving the pieces.
17:25I was the master of the board.
17:30I found Edwin waiting outside my office.
17:33His stubble was thick.
17:34His designer suit wrinkled like a discarded rag.
17:38Marjorie, please.
17:40My father needs surgery.
17:42The company is gone.
17:43Help me.
17:43He tried to grab my hand.
17:45I stepped back.
17:46My eyes filled with a lethal disgust.
17:48Go deliver packages, Edwin.
17:51Or find a generous patron to keep you.
17:54But don't come begging here.
17:56I don't collect damaged guts.
18:00He stumbled away.
18:01Looking like a marionette with its strings cut.
18:04I watched him go and felt.
18:06Nothing.
18:06No hate.
18:08No heat.
18:09Just a cold vacuum.
18:10I used to think I'd hate him forever.
18:12Now I realize he doesn't even deserve a kilobyte of my brain's memory.
18:16This indifference?
18:17This is the ultimate revenge.
18:20My parents were at it again.
18:22A strategist from London.
18:24An heir from an academic dynasty.
18:26At dinner, my mother whispered.
18:29Marges, you're young.
18:32You can't stay alone forever.
18:34I put down my fork.
18:36That old lunatic spark flickering in my eyes.
18:39Mom, do you think my momentum is too fast?
18:44Do you think I need a man to slow me down?
18:46I declined every suitor.
18:48To me, these elites were as transparent as glass.
18:52They didn't want a wife.
18:53They wanted a partner with a seat at the Flynn group table.
18:56They wanted my resources.
18:58Not my heart.
18:59I had no love to give.
19:01And even less money to waste on mediocrity.
19:03I took over the family's most difficult sectors and turned them into industry legends.
19:08Every morning, I stand by my floor-to-ceiling windows.
19:11Watching the city wake up beneath my feet.
19:14I don't need anyone else's light to see.
19:16I am the sun.
19:18Late one night, my mother came to my apartment.
19:21She didn't talk business.
19:23She just held my hand.
19:25Marguerite, I'm not pushing you.
19:27I just hope you never close yourself off to love.
19:31To being loved, too.
19:34For a second, the glacier in my chest cracked.
19:39I'm not closed off, Mom.
19:42I just raised the price of admission.
19:45Maybe one day, someone will walk in who doesn't ask me to be soft.
19:49Someone who doesn't fear my ambition or my malice.
19:52If he exists, I might let him stay.
19:55If he doesn't, I'm perfectly capable of walking this golden path alone.
19:59The story is over.
20:01People ask if I'm happy now that I've had my revenge.
20:04I tell them, happiness doesn't come from revenge.
20:07It comes from the power to overturn any table life sets before you.
20:10My name is Marjorie Flynn.
20:12A vindictive lunatic.
20:14A cold-blooded CEO.
20:16And a completely free woman.
20:17Remember, if you're going to play a role in my life,
20:20make sure you have the strength to stay until the curtains close.
20:23I'll see you next time.
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