It was mid-December and our tree lights were twinkling, when I noticed something in the branches. ‘What’s that?’ I asked my boyfriend, James. Grinning, he handed me a black notebook. Coleen Scott’s Wedding Diary!
Inside, there was everything – a Vegas honeymoon, wedding dress fittings, cake tastings, even a venue booked for 12 months’ time…
‘Marry me?’ James grinned.
How could I say no?
Ever since I’d met ‘Firefighter J’ on a dating app in 2014, he’d swept me off my feet. Newly divorced, I wasn’t looking for love but he’d seemed so genuine.
He told me he had two daughters, Maddie, 13, and Kenzie, six, who lived in Texas with his ex-wife.
My family took to him straightaway, especially my girls, Laura, 21, and Katie, 19.
His shifts at…
