On the day of her engagement party, Willow Cole finds her cousin, Fiona Shaw, occupied the head table and the bridal suite, charged 280,000 to her account, and tampered with gift money and the gold gift box. The protagonist retrieves hotel records, exposes her cousin, refuses to pay. The cousin's family settles debt, returns valuables. The protagonist resets her engagement party, vowing to never again pay for her shameless relatives' behavior.