Failed Plan

EMILY SAT AT the back of the crowd with her face tightening as she watched Ezekiel kneeling before Vivienne on the stage. The promise ring glinted in the spotlight as he slid it onto Vivienne's finger.

Her heart burned with fury. She couldn’t believe what she was seeing—her son, so strong and capable, kneeling like a fool before that woman. The applause from the guests around her only made it worse.

She organized the party and wanted to be the center of it aside from her grandchildren but because of what her son did, all the attention was transferred to her son’s ex-wife.

She clenched her fists, barely able to control her anger.

From the very beginning, Emily had never liked Vivienne. She remembered the day Ezekiel first introduced her, so quiet and unsure of herself.

"Not the right one," Emily had thought instantly. Vivienne wasn’t what she had in mind for her son. She wanted someone more elegant, someone with status. She had hoped Ezekiel would end up with Caroline, his childhoo