Chapter 17 - The Engagement Ends Legally and Practically
There was no marriage.
No divorce.
We canceled everything.
Vendors.
Hotel blocks.
Florist.
Musicians.
Some deposits returned.
Some lost.
The engagement ring was cleaned after being retrieved from the cake.
Sabine returned it through her lawyer.
I sold it months later.
Not dramatically.
The money went into my general account.
No charity publicity.
No symbolic scholarship.
Just an expensive object that no longer had a purpose.
Sabine had belongings at my home.
She had stayed there often but maintained her own condominium.
Property retrieval happened with lawyers and staff.
No throwing clothes onto sidewalks.
No security intimidation.
No threats from men associated with my family.
The newspapers loved the story:
CARUSO WEDDING COLLAPSES AT FAIRGROUND.
I refused comment beyond:
“The engagement has ended. Matters involving children remain private.”
May you like
Boring.
Correct.
