this event. Five minutes ago, she executed an immediate withdrawal of her corporate credit line and authorized a total cancellation of all non-essential vendor services."
"She can't do that!" Chloe screamed, her voice cracking into a high-pitched shriek. "We are the hosts of this wedding!"
"You are the guests of honor, Mrs. Vance," Arthur corrected her calmly, lifting the silver clipboard. "You are not the signers of the master contract."
Arthur flipped to the top page of the clipboard and handed it directly to Chloe.
"Because the master corporate guarantee has been revoked," Arthur announced, his voice carrying clearly across the quiet ballroom, "the remaining outstanding balance for this evening's venue hire, gourmet catering, vintage wine reserves, security detail, and floral installations must be settled immediately by the primary party."
Chloe looked down at the white page held in her manicured hands.
At the bottom of the page, printed in bold, black block lettering, was a single line:
OUTSTANDING BALANCE DUE IMMEDIATELY: $28,000.00