Helped by a Stranger.

More than everyone in the noisy hall, Samantha is more than baffled at what the situation has come to be, but her head is all muddled and out of sorts from being kissed by this really handsome man who looks like he wants to have her there and now.

She pulls away breathing heavily and inhales and exhales deeply to relax herself and steady her beating heart.

Taylor, her dad and mum walk over to her.

Her Dad whips her over in one fluid movement and slaps her heavily on the face. Samantha reels from the shock and almost falls.

Second physical slap in two days from the same person.

The man behind her catches her just in time and she leans into him for a moment of comfort, a moment of peace from what's happening outside his suit's lapel.

She's rudely pulled out from her hiding place and shouted at.

"You whore. How dare you do that at my wedding?" Taylor screams and beats her body with the bouquet of flowers in her hands over and over again. Nobody makes a move to stop her so Claude steps in