"Well that was a hell of a way to spend a Saturday!"
Daphne froze when she heard Martin's voice followed by the sound of the door opening.
"Now Dad, let's not dwell on it." Frasier said in his gentle tone. "If Niles wants to talk about it, he' , Niles... I didn't expect to find you here."
"Well, I'm not on my honeymoon if that's what you're wondering, Frasier."
Daphne's chest tightened at Niles words. But he had a right to say them, didn't he?
"Niles, I didn't mean that! I just-."
She heard Niles sigh deeply. "I'm sorry Frasier. I guess I'm a bit-."
Angry that Daphne ruined my wedding. Daphne finished silently.
The voices continued, muffled and soon she could only hear bits and pieces of the conversation, save for the sporadic mention of her name and Mel's.
God, what had she done? In her anxiety over Niles' impending nuptials, she'd let Roz talk her into doing the unthinkable. Roz was one of her closest friends, but she
should have never taken her advice.
What was she thinking, interrupting Niles' wedding, expecting everything to be like the fairytale scenes she'd watched in movies or read about in her romance novels?
She could still see the fire of anger in Mel's eyes followed by the painful sting of Mel's fist moving across her face.
As she sat in the church garden sobbing, Daphne should have known that Niles would come and find her. He was her best friend; of course he would come to her rescue.
But now she wasn't so sure.
Her heart warmed, remembering the way he took care of her and it made her fall even deeper in love with him.
But the chiding voice inside of her head chose that minute to remind her that Niles was still in love with Mel, no matter what he said.
"Roz! We thought we'd see you at the church!"
At Frasier's mention of her friend's name, Daphne's' heart nearly stopped.
Damn... she hadn't counted on dealing with Roz after all of this. Now what was she supposed to do?
"Niles, what are you doing here?"
"Well, actually..."
"I thought you'd be on your honeymoon by now."
"Roz, please! Niles has enough problems right now without being reminded of-."
"It's all right, Frasier." Niles said. "Roz, if you're looking for Daphne, she's in the kitchen."
"The kitchen? What's she doing there?"
"Well, she went in there for coffee but something must be wrong. I wonder what's keeping her."
"You mean she's here? What's she doing here?"
"She lives here, Roz!" Frasier said.
"Gee, Frasier thanks for the information!" Roz quipped.
"If you must know, I took her home after the..."
"Oh my God..."
"What's wrong now?"
"She really went through with it? I just came over to give her some advice. I didn't think she'd actually do it!"
"This was your doing?"
"Well yeah, Niles."
"Roz, what are you talking about?" Frasier demanded.
"God Frasier! How can you all be so blind? It was so obvious that Daphne is in love with Niles, so I just-."
Convinced her to destroy his happiness with his future wife. Daphne finished silently, the bitter thought consuming her once more.