She Gambled Away Our Six Years

The wedding had reached the ring exchange when my best friend, Saul Stephens, suddenly walked up onto the platform in the groom's tuxedo, smiling.

And my fiancée, Rowena Chase, in front of every guest in the room, slid the ring that should have been mine onto his ring finger.

I demanded an answer right there.

The two of them exchanged a look and, somehow, burst out laughing at the same time.

Saul laughed until he could barely stand up straight.

"Charles Harding, last night Rowena and I made a bet."