The Housemaid's Wedding
On the morning of her wedding, Millie wants nothing more than a perfect day with Enzo and the chance to start a new life together. But between her fraught relationship with her parents and the shadows of her past, the path to happily-ever-after is never simple. In true Freida McFadden fashion, what should be a joyful occasion comes wrapped in tension, unease, and the feeling that danger might be waiting just out of sight.
- Millie - The bride to be
- Enzo - Millie's fiance
- Caller - Anonymous man threatening Millie
- Paul - Man Millie keeps seeing around
- Millie wakes on her wedding day to anonymous phone calls from a man who threatens to kill her.
- Millie doesn't want to tell Enzo about the phone calls and stress him out.
- As Millie goes about her day getting ready she keeps seeing a bald man watching her and thinks he's the anonymous caller.
- Millie and Enzo show up to the courthouse to get married.
- Millie's parents call last minute and say they won't be coming to the wedding because they think Millie is a mess and making bad choices.
- Furious at this point Millie sees the bald man watching her and goes to confront him.
- The man explains his name is Paul and Millie once helped his sister get out of an abusive marriage.
- Paul was only hanging around to get up the courage to tell Millie 'Thank you.'
- Paul agrees to be a witness for Millie and Enzo's wedding now that her parents are a no-show.
- Enzo gives Millie a butterfly pin to wear that once belonged to his deceased sister, Antonia, who was very special to him.
- After the ceremony Enzo goes into the restroom at the courthouse.
- He finds the anonymous caller in there who admits he is a disgruntled husband whom Millie helped his wife escape from.
- Enzo threatens to break every bone in his body if he goes near Millie again.
- Enzo and Millie go home, the fear and rejection of the day still lingering, but with a sense of hope for the family and future they are about to build together.
- Stalking
- Violence
- Pregnancy
- Murder
Hopeful
Publisher: Independently published
ISBN: 9798344920047
Publish Date: November 4, 2024
Note: Details are for the original edition. Other formats, editions, and audiobook versions may be available.