Altar Ego

byKathy Lette

`Query. Would it be a serious breach of etiquette to run out on my own wedding?` This is the question Becky Steele asks herslef as she clings to the window ledge of her parents` bathroom, grimly regarding the ten-foot drop into the dustbins below. She stares in disbelief at the meringue dress for which she has drunk only skimmed water for four weeks to fit into. Why can`t Becky commit to Julian, human rights lawyer, and her Knight in Shining Armani? Yes, Julian`s the right man. But has she had enough wrong ones?