At two o’clock, the wed­ding par­ty gath­ered on the beach of Lake Wyn­d­ham for a pho­to shoot, which unex­pect­ed­ly drew a large crowd of guests. While a bar­tender mixed cock­tails, Mag­gie and her brides­maids posed on the dock, guid­ed by a pho­tog­ra­ph­er who shout­ed a series of direc­tions to enhance their looks for the cam­eras. Despite the joy­ous atmos­phere, the father of the bride felt numb observ­ing his daugh­ter in her expen­sive wed­ding dress, which, in his eyes, seemed flim­sy.

As guests arrived in light sum­mer attire, he pon­dered the rumors sur­round­ing Mag­gie’s rapid rise in her com­pa­ny, giv­en her inter­na­tion­al work trav­els with the boss. Errol Gard­ner, accom­pa­nied by his wife Cather­ine, approached him with a famil­iar guest, Arman­do Cas­ta­do, the CEO of UPS. This unex­pect­ed encounter shift­ed the father’s focus away from his pre­vi­ous dis­tress, lead­ing to a toast to the mar­riage.

How­ev­er, the cel­e­bra­to­ry mood soured as Errol grew anx­ious about the groom, Aidan, who was late for the cer­e­mo­ny. Attempts to con­tact him proved futile, prompt­ing spec­u­la­tion that he might have become con­fused. As the clock ticked down to the cer­e­mo­ny, the father wor­ried about Aidan’s absence and decid­ed to check on him per­son­al­ly, sus­pect­ing he might be at his stu­dio.

Upon arrival at the stu­dio, the father sensed unease as Aidan’s voice from below radi­at­ed pan­ic. He urged Aidan to aban­don the wed­ding, high­light­ing the shared guilt between Mag­gie and him regard­ing a pro­tec­tive lie about her fam­i­ly. Con­tin­u­ing down the nar­row stair­case despite his instincts, he found Aidan in a base­ment-like set­ting with dis­turb­ing items, includ­ing a black Colt revolver omi­nous­ly dis­played on a table.

The father tried to con­vince Aidan to leave, empha­siz­ing sup­port from friends and the reper­cus­sions of stay­ing silent. Aidan grap­pled with the weight of their cir­cum­stances, torn between his fear and the lin­ger­ing influ­ence of Gwen­dolyn. After delib­er­a­tion, Aidan final­ly resolved to leave, but their plan was inter­rupt­ed by foot­steps above. The atmos­phere shift­ed dra­mat­i­cal­ly when a shot echoed from the base­ment, abrupt­ly sig­nal­ing that the wedding—and every­thing asso­ci­at­ed with it—was now irrev­o­ca­bly changed.