LIFE AFTER PRISON - Season 7 Episode 42

“Gunther, Ariel, why don’t we change the venue?” said Archie.

Ariel was not happy about the whole thing. “I don’t mind if it wasn’t for the fact that we’ve already sent out the invites yesterday. Imagine what our guests would say once they’ve found out we’ve changed the

venue.”

After thinking it through, Gunther said, “Ariel is right. The guests might think we don’t have the money to have the wedding at Bloomington Hotel if we suddenly change the venue. So how about changing the date instead?”

At that moment, Severin suddenly smiled and said, “You’re right, Mister Gunther. It’ll look bad on your family if you suddenly change the venue. How about if you postpone the wedding by a day or two? You can just tell your guests that the hotel staff has made a mistake with the booking.”

Archie smiled bitterly. He thought the same way too. In the end, he smiled and said, “Yes, that’s what we’ll do! We’ll postpone the wedding by a day or two.”

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Severin heaved a sigh of relief and then said generously, “Thank you for giving up the venue for me, Mister Archie and Mister Gunther. In order to show how grateful I am, please allow me to foot the bill for the wedding.”

Archie immediately shook his hands. “No, no. That’s very generous of you, Mister Severin, but it’s too much.”

“Yeah. We can’t possibly accept your offer, Mister Severin,” said Gunther humbly, even though he was secretly happy about the offer.

“I won’t take no for an answer so it’s decided then! Sheila, find out how much the venue, food, drinks, and the rest of the wedding cost. Let me know once you have the final number and I’ll wire you the money,” said Severin with a smile.

Sheila rolled her eyes at Severin and said shyly, “You silly man, given our relationship, there’s no need to act like a stranger. The hotel will foot the bill. Take it as a wedding gift from my family. Besides, it doesn’t matter who foots the bill because you are me and I am you.”

Severin was completely speechless. Then he glared at Sheila and said, “Well, what are you waiting for then? Make the call now or I won’t be hosting my wedding at your hotel!”

Sheila pouted her lips when she realized Severin was indeed very angry. Then she quickly made a call to the hotel. After hanging up the phone, she said, “The hotel will pay for the venue.

The rest of the items come to a total of four million dollars but there’s a discount of a million dollars so

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you only need to wire me three million dollars.”

Archie, Gunther, and Ariel were shocked to hear all the big numbers being thrown around like they were nothing. For Sheila to give Severin a discount of a million dollars must mean that she really liked him.

Severin wired the money to her and said, “I’ve already wired you four million dollars. I don’t need you to give me a discount.”

“You silly man. I don’t get why you insist on making everything so clear between us.” It was the first time Sheila felt upset about receiving money from someone. She could not help but think Severin was treating her like a stranger.

Archie stood up and said embarrassedly, “Oh, how can we possibly ever thank you, Mister Severin?”

“Don’t worry about it. All that is just chump change. Besides, you were the one who booked the venue.

Hist. I won’t be able to sleep at night knowing that I didn’t compensate you for changing the date,” said Severin with a smile.

“Would the two of you like to have lunch with us before you go?” Archie asked with bated breath.

Severin smiled. “It’s okay, Mister Archie. I still have some other things like putting up advertisements to do.”

The Solanas had no choice but to seem them off since both Severin and Sheila insisted on leaving.

“Isn’t Severin the husband of Diane Shanahan? How can he say that was chump change? His own wedding would be taking a lot of money out of his pocket too and I’m sure the Shanahans would not be footing the bill so how can he pay for your and Ariel’s wedding just like that?” said Archie after Severin had left.

Gunther nodded and said, “Yes, there’s more to him than meets the eyes.”