Is this destiny?

Wedding party was in full swing. Guests are enjoying. There is a large variety of food and beverages, music is soothing, and large number of guests are on the dancefloor. Some guests are in the playroom and few are in the swimming pool. There is something for everyone and the atmosphere is celebratory.

Sophia and Felix cut the 8 tier majestic white cake which had edible flowers snaking around each of the layers.

Sophia changed into a more comfortable white dress with tan details and flats, and she was not dancing with Felix only if she was sitting to rest her legs.

As for Sylvie, she got two more rounds of anesthetic.

Bridgette approached Sarah and JoAnna asking if they know something about unusual change in her mother's behavior. Two of them admitted that they kinda-drugged her mother. Bridgette expected something like that, seeing that her mother is not moving for more than three hours, but still when she got a confirmation, she was shocked.

"Bridgette…", Sarah spoke. "As my friend, Sophia's sister-in-law, and JoAnna's assistant, you should know that we are not going to tolerate being bullied. How we retaliate depends on how we are attacked. Your mom had every intention to ruin this wedding. She does not care about Felix, Sophia or anyone else who was involved in making this wedding happen. My mom warned her to not cause trouble, and she disobeyed. What do you think we should do to her?"

Bridgette exhaled. "Maman is not easy to deal with. She will not forget this." Then she thought for a moment. "Did you say that she is aware of everything, just can't respond?"

Sarah and JoAnna confirmed.

Bridgette smirked. "Steve, come… let me introduce you to my mom."

Bridgette took Steve's arm and walked toward the table where Sylvie was seated.

Sarah looked at JoAnna and mumbled. "She didn't answer how we should deal with her mother..."

JoAnna shrugged. "I guess she does not care."

Sarah and JoAnna wanted to punish Sylvie somehow. It was obvious that woman is not giving up. But what can they do? She is Felix's mother. They can't do anything harsh, while anything soft will probably not give any results. They decided to talk to Stella.

…

"Maman, this is Steve.", Bridgette sat on the chair few spots away from Sylvie, so that Sylvie can see her (since she can't turn her head).

Steve sat next to Bridgette.

Bridgette continued: "I know you can't respond, and that is fine. I just need you to listen. Steve is my boyfriend. He is someone very important to me and he takes good care of me. We are living together. I am happy, and I'm doing well."

Bridgette was silent for some time while observing her non-moving mother. "I guess that's it. I have nothing else to say."

Steve gave a small nod to Sylvie before standing up and walking away with Bridgette.

If this is a cartoon, there would be steam coming out of Sylvie's ears how angry she was.

…

Inside villa…

"There you are.", Stella almost sang while closing the door of the study behind herself. "I was looking for you."

Edward didn't respond.

"You don't look happy.", she noticed his mood.

Edward glanced at Stella and forced a smile.

She sat opposite of him and observed him in silence.

It took a long time before he spoke. "It's more difficult than I thought it will be."

"Only because you are looking at this from the wrong perspective." Stella voiced her opinion without missing a beat. Her words made him lift his head and look at her.

Stella observed him carefully while talking: "You are acting as if you lost a daughter. What happened is that you gained a son."

Edward's expression softened.

Stella smiled and stood up. "Come on. We have a house full of guests."

Edward gave a small nod and stood up.

"Thank you.", he kissed back of her palm while walking outside.

…

"Mom, we want to hear your opinion on something."

Stella looked at Sarah and saw that JoAnna is few steps behind. Stella turned to Edward. "Go ahead, I will join you in a minute."

When Edward was out of the earshot, Sarah and JoAnna explained that Sylvie is sedated for a while, and she still does not show signs of giving up on her anger.

"What should we do? Just keep on sedating her until guests leave?", JoAnna was troubled.

Sarah didn't mind giving few more doses to the woman. But she is aware that they can't do this forever.

Stella thought for a second before looking at her daughters. "I will take her to the back shed. She will be tied up. You have until guests leave to figure out how you want to deal with her. If you don't have any ideas by then, I will."

…

Sarah watched over Sylvie until two men came and carried Sylvie away.

People were having fun and not paying attention. Few noticed, but they assumed that Sylvie drank too much and they are taking her to sober up.

One person did notice. It was Damien. He decided to approach Sarah. "What do you plan to do with her?"

"What do you mean?", Sarah pretended that she does not know what Damien is talking about. After all, he should not know that they sedated his ex-wife.

Damien smiled. "I know that Sylvie would never sit like that peacefully. And I am aware that she wanted to cause a scene during ceremony. I see that you are handling security and two men who look like security took her away." He gave her I-know-more-than-you-think look.

Sarah shook her head thinking that this man is observant. "We don't know what to do with her. She is currently sedated, and that will wear off in…", she checked her phone. "…9 minutes, give or take a minute."

"Let me talk to her."

"What do you want to talk about?" Sarah could not imagine what kind of a talk can help a woman who after whole afternoon of being stuck to a chair, unable to move, is still stubborn.

He shrugged. "I don't know. Maybe try to see if she can be reasonable. For Felix's sake."

"I will check and let you know." Sarah walked toward JoAnna, Jeff and Aiden.

Sarah told them that Sylvie is taken to the back shed.

"Are we going to tell this to Felix?", Jeff's opinion is that Felix should know about this. It is his mother.

JoAnna agreed with Jeff, but she thought that it's not urgent. "He is upstairs with Sophia now. She went to rest. Let's not disturb them. When they come down, we can tell them."

Four of them talked and decided that it can't hurt to let Damien talk to Sylvie. If Damien manages to get Sylvie to come to her senses and be reasonable, it's a bonus. If he is not successful, nothing changes. And that confirms that this is not urgent enough to disturb newlyweds. Sylvie came with intention to spoil their day.. These four young people will not let her succeed.