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He laughed. “Of course you do.”
“Goodnight,” she said.
Gill kissed the top of her hand. “I’ll see you at the wedding breakfast.”
Kat nodded, but she didn’t have to wait that long. Anticipation buzzed from the top of her head to the tips of her toes. Because she knew she would see him in her dreams.
*
After checking onthe dogs at the stable, Kat returned to the castle and peeked into the ballroom. Only a few guests remained. One of them was Emily.
The woman motioned to Kat. “Could I talk to you for a minute?”
“Sure.” Kat followed her out of the ballroom to a hallway where the film crew was. “What’s going on?”
Brad handed his cell phone to her. “Watch this.”
Video from the wedding ball played. “I didn’t think you were filming.”
Conrad hung his head. “We weren’t supposed to be.”
“We just wanted a little extra footage,” Wes explained. “So we positioned ourselves in four corners during the bouquet toss and used our phones.”
“We’d never use anything without permission.” Dylan fingered his collar. “This footage was on my phone.”
“You’ll understand why we want you to see this,” Brad added.
Emily stood with her arms across her chest. She wasn’t smiling.
Kat watched herself catch the bouquet. She listened to the congratulations and tensed the moment Rowena approached with that glass of red wine in her hand, but wait…
“Who is behind Rowena?” she asked.
“You’ll see,” Emily said.
Kat took a closer look. “That’s Queen Louise.”
She watched the queen not only bump into Rowena, but also purposefully push the princess’s arm forward. Wine flew out of the glass and landed on Kat’s dress.
Kat’s mouth gaped. She stared at the screen, not wanting to believe what she’d watched. “Queen Louise did that on purpose.”
Emily sighed. “I’m sorry, Kat.”
Dread slivered through Kat.
Two things were never clearer.
Queen Louise truly hated Kat. And she and Gill would never get his mother’s approval to date or do anything else.
Her breath hitched. Flames seemed to lick her throat. Kat felt like crying, but she couldn’t. Not until she did something first.
She looked at Brad and the rest of the crew. “Can I get a copy of this, please? There’s someone who needs to see it.”
*
Later that night,the wedding guests had left the castle or returned to their rooms in the guest wing. Kat waited until Queen Louise was alone and approached her outside the ballroom.
“Excuse me, ma’am.” Kat curtsied. “May I speak with you for a moment?”
