Wedding Videographer. I AI-enhanced the background audio of my brother’s vows. Now three lives are

The red light on my monitor was the only thing keeping me awake at 3:14 a.m. I’m a wedding videographer. I spend my life staring at the "happiest days" of people who usually hate each other by the time the deposit clears.
But this was different. This was my brother’s wedding.
I was leaning into the screen, wearing headphones that cost more than my first car, using a new AI-audio-isolation tool. My brother, Mark, has a habit of mumbling, and my new sister-in-law, Sarah, insisted that their "sacred vows" be crystal clear for the final edit.
I isolated the track. I scrubbed past the "in sickness and in health" part. I boosted the gain on the ambient mics hidden in the floral arrangements behind them.
That’s when the "glitch" happened.
Mark wasn't mumbling. He was leaning in to kiss her, but before the lips touched, Sarah whispered six words into his ear. Six words that the guests couldn't hear, but the 32-bit float audio captured perfectly.
"Is the insurance rider active yet?"
Mark didn't pull away. He didn't look shocked. He just squeezed her hand and whispered back:
"Signed this morning. Natalie’s gear is worth $150k. The 'accident' happens Tuesday."
I felt the blood drain out of my face so fast I thought I was going to faint. My hands went cold. My heart didn't just race; it hammered against my ribs like it was trying to escape.
Natalie. That’s meI stared at the waveform on the screen. It looked like a jagged mountain range. I hit play again, praying I had misheard. But then I heard a third voice. A voice coming from the "Best Man" mic—my best friend, Tyler. He whispered from two feet away: "Don't mess it up, Mark. My debt collectors don't wait until Wednesday."
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