{"id":232,"date":"2026-09-13T13:51:24","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T13:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fantatv.com\/series\/the-boy-stopped-the-wedding\/chapter-1-the-child-in-the-hallway\/"},"modified":"2026-09-13T13:51:24","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T13:51:24","slug":"chapter-1-the-child-in-the-hallway","status":"publish","type":"sr_chapter","link":"http:\/\/fantatv.com\/?sr_chapter=chapter-1-the-child-in-the-hallway","title":{"rendered":"CHAPTER 1. THE CHILD IN THE HALLWAY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.igallery.blog\/assets\/d6d71f71abed14e4e47e1dce52190abb\/2026\/0913\/4b7ac7cb-18b7-4d28-a8dc-b79148ef12ac-Screenshot_6.png\" style=\"max-width: 100{4ffdf0d3d7c1df7718bc4ac5461c4394f3feadae72d4f226268bca6495f999d2};height: auto\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>The wedding venue was glowing with white flowers and warm chandelier light when little Noah walked into the hallway wearing a tiny gray suit.<\/p>\n<p>He looked nervous.<\/p>\n<p>At the far end stood Daniel Carter in a black tuxedo, only minutes away from his wedding.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel noticed the boy immediately.<\/p>\n<p>Hey, buddy.<\/p>\n<p>Noah stopped.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel crouched in front of him.<\/p>\n<p>What are you doing out here?<\/p>\n<p>The boy looked toward the ballroom.<\/p>\n<p>Then back at Daniel.<\/p>\n<p>I need to tell you something before you marry her.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel\u2019s smile disappeared.<\/p>\n<p>What do you mean?<\/p>\n<p>Noah leaned closer.<\/p>\n<p>She said I have to call her Mom after today.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel frowned.<\/p>\n<p>His fianc\u00e9e Victoria had never mentioned that conversation.<\/p>\n<p>Noah continued.<\/p>\n<p>And she said I should stop talking about my real mom.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel went completely still.<\/p>\n<p>Before he could ask another question, footsteps approached behind them.<\/p>\n<p>Victoria appeared in her wedding dress.<\/p>\n<p>And the moment she saw Noah talking to Daniel, her expression changed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The wedding venue was glowing with white flowers and warm chandelier light when little Noah walked into the hallway wearing a tiny gray suit. He looked nervous. At the far end stood Daniel Carter in a black tuxedo, only minutes away from his wedding. Daniel noticed the boy immediately. Hey, buddy. Noah stopped. Daniel crouched [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","class_list":["post-232","sr_chapter","type-sr_chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fantatv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/sr_chapter\/232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/fantatv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/sr_chapter"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/fantatv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/sr_chapter"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fantatv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/fantatv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/sr_chapter\/232\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fantatv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}