519 Invitations Had Her Name, I Cancelled the Wedding novel · Chapter 21 of 24

Chapter 21: The Real Recording

"I never said that," I said into the noise. "Those are pieces of three sentences. He cut them together."

Nobody heard me.

The ballroom was a wall of voices, and Colin stood in the center of it with his phone raised, looking pleased.

Then Conroy walked out of the kitchen door.

He came down the side aisle in his one suit, the navy one with the short sleeves, and he did not hurry.

People got out of his way.

He climbed the three steps to the stage and stopped beside the young man in the rented tuxedo.

"Give me the microphone," he said.

The officiant gave it to him.

"Conroy," Colin said, and laughed once. "Sit down, man. You're embarrassing yourself."

"I'm the other half of your business, Colin."

"You're my friend."

"I'm your lender." Conroy's voice came out quiet and big at once, through the speakers over the stage. "Everybody in this room, I'm sorry about the noise. I'd like to play you something short."

"Don't," Colin said.

"I think you'll want to hear this."

Conroy took a phone from his jacket and held it up to the microphone.

He pressed play.

It was Colin's voice, a little thick, in a small room with a desk phone ticking beside it.

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