Page 110 of Mad About You

They struck up what Harriet recognised as Lady Gaga’s ‘Bad Romance’,and she wanted to laugh, burst into tears, punch the air and down a dirty Martini in one, all at once.

Marianne had certainly reminded Scott of who she was. She gathered her vastGone With The Windskirts in one hand and made stately progress down the aisle.

When she drew level with Harriet, she stuck out her hand and said: ‘Join me?’

Harriet ducked round the back of her row, muttering apologies to the two people she had to pull herself past, and Marianne collected Nina on the other side in the meanwhile. They made their exit as a trio, hand in hand in hand.

As they wrenched open the doors, Harriet felt her heart soar. Something had finished, for her, flown out of her. She was cleansed. It was anger. Her anger at Scott had gone. She was free of him.

She was so elated, she had a moment of pure inspiration. Harriet turned back to the groom, who had a face like …

It was an expression Harriet remembered well. She’d just never seen it in public before. She cleared her throat.

‘Scott. It’s like you said. Love always wins.’

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NO WAY: this man gets called out at his wedding ceremony by THREE EX GIRLFRIENDS then his bride DUMPS HIM!!!!

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OMFG no

This is sick!!!

Guys this isn’t real. If you look at the people on the far left, they’re in on it. All actors. Nicely done though

The song the band is playing

I’ve seen loads of reveal vids like these and this is the best one yet. It’s not real but at first you totally believe it might be

This is giving me LIFE

I hope they have a spare bed at the Serious Burns Unit

We’ve all known a Scott, one way or another. Love to see it. Love this for him

Is that the guy out of that Britpop band

Oh Scott. Gonna need cosmetic surgery before you try to date again. Or at least a haircut

He’s pulled some fit lasses though, I smell a legend

This is kind of like an I am Spartacus for victims of shitbags. Noice!

In the hotel bar, after Lorna hit ‘post’ (‘There’s a whole subculture of these things! “Man Tells Girlfriend He Knows She’s Cheating On Him: You Won’t Believe How” and so on.’), the footage from the wedding lit her phone up with a blizzard of notifications.

Unsurprisingly, all of Scott’s family boycotted the Not Reception, but an interestingly large number of his friends turned up (if not Danny and Fergus: Harriet guessed being a best man conferred special obligations, and didn’t resent them for it). Presumably they were nursing an uncomprehending, fiery Scott at a secret location. They’d be wondering, however, if they’d known him as well as they thought they did. Everyone would, bar, perhaps, his dad.

There was an adjustment for many to go through: accepting the monster could be your mate.

Marianne was absorbed into the melee as a celebrity, her Estilo gang buzzing round her.

‘This feels like one of those huge world events you can’t assess until time has passed and you watch the documentaries about it,’ said Lorna, at their table in the bar. ‘I’ll need to hear what Barack has to say on the matter. Harriet, you spoke SO well. I don’t know how you managed that eloquence under pressure. Did you practice?’

Harriet shook her head. ‘I thought if I did, I’d get hung up on forgetting it, and off the cuff was best.’

‘Extraordinary.’

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