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"Did that really scare Victoria's mom to death?"
She just wanted to get through the ceremony quietly.
She never expected someone to be hiding under the ceremonial flowers.
And with a gun!
"Thank you, thank you," Victoria's mom sobbed, supporting Jose while crying inconsolably.
The man had already let go of Jose.
He didn't say a word, simply bowed to Victoria and Jose, then walked down the steps.
Jose saw that the members of the Vincent Jasper family had also stood up; the man gestured to them, and she could roughly make out that he was telling them there's nothing to worry about, to stay calm.
Hank Clegg also supported Jose.
"Are you hurt?" he asked Jose with concern.
From where he had been standing, closer to Victoria during the ceremony, he hadn't brought any weapons with him either. If that man hadn't suddenly stepped forward to intervene, who knows what might have happened to Jose.
