EVEN BEEN A GUEST AT OUR WEDDING
Emma broke things off with Wayne for good. Still reeling from the fact that her marriage was over, what she learned next made things even worse.
She said: “I noticed he was spending more time than ever with his young cousin, Samantha.”
Four months later, in November 2018, Emma discovered the devastating truth.
A family member informed her Wayne and Samantha had been spotted in public together.
“I immediately confronted Wayne,” she said. “And he confirmed it straight away. His face fell the moment I told him I knew. He was almost in tears – he put his head down and just nodded. Then he explained that he’d fallen for her. “I couldn’t help myself – I completely blew up at him. I called him some
things which I now regret. I was
When I look
horrified to be honest. His mum and Samantha’s mum
at all three of us
are sisters, he’s old enough to be her dad.
smiling it breaks
“Our divorce was finalised
my heart this year, while Samantha and Wayne are now engaged.
“I’m moving on but when I look back at our wedding photos and see all three of us smiling for the camera, it still breaks my heart.”
Wayne says: “All those things have happened but at the end of the day we tried to make things work but it didn’t. As far I was concerned, I was single – I was already living at my mum’s before anything happened with
Samantha.
“I’ve not done anything wrong.
“I can see Emma’s point of view, she’s bitter, but it wasn’t going to work out with her.
“Yeah of course I know I’m going to have some stick over being with my cousin.
“But at the end of the day the Royal Family have been doing it for hundreds of years and
I’m not doing anything illegal. We got together, we get on, we bounce off each other and we bond with each other, we help each other out.
“I’ve got nothing to hide, all I’ve done is carry on with my life.
“Yes Samantha was at our wedding, but I didn’t think about it when we got together.
“She was a kid, I didn’t look at her that way. She was just part of the family back then.”