| After
Leslie’s death, Karla got ready for her high profile
wedding to Paul. She had a lot of hostility toward her
parents. First, she and Paul got the boot from the Homolka
home, and then they told Karla they could only contribute
about half her original budget. Karel and Dorothy were
worried about money and at the same time grieving over
the death of their youngest child. Karla and Paul were
beyond livid, and Karel and Dorothy were beyond despondent.
They asked Paul to tone down the bill, and forgo the open
bar, real flowers, the meal of pheasant, the flowing champagne.
It didn’t faze them. They went through with all of
it, horse drawn carriage, and huge bridal party and Karla
was thrilled with it all. This was her day. She had her
little pink clapboard house, her $2000.00 bridal gown,
and her Prince Charming.
Paul
had carefully controlled every aspect of the wedding, right
down to the wedding vows. He made certain that the words "love,
honor, and obey" were in Karla's vows, but would not
let minister pronounce them "husband and wife" but
rather "man and wife"
"If
it was to be a grand wedding, then people could be expected
to donate money and gifts on a similarly grand scale." Paul
viewed the whole wedding "thing" as a money making
opportunity he was determined would not slip past him. "If
I spend fifty dollars a plate, I expect to get a hundred
dollars per person." He would tell others that he
expected to bring in as much as $50,000 from the wedding.
(Burnside and Cairns)
Tammy’s
death was an accident and Leslie’s death did not
touch her. Even the horror of the body being chopped up
for disposal was not enough to make her change her behavior.
She was too afraid of Paul, she later claimed, in fear
of the beatings her gave her to remind her to keep her
mouth shut about his behavior. If he went out looking for
women to rape, she stayed home quietly, playing with her
rottweiler puppy. “I’ll never get caught,Kar,” He
laughed and laughed. “Never.”
Saint
Mark’s Anglican Church at Niagara-at-the-lake, was
very warm that summer day. The city was full of tourists
and other happy people, friends, relatives and well wishers.
In the tiny church, Karla walked down the aisle. She was
finally a June bride, just liked she’d dreamed of
since she was a very little girl. The sunshine on her face,
roses and a white lace, seed pearl veil, and Paul waiting
for her, smiling. She had endured a lot for this day, the
numerous nights while Paul was raping women, the smuggling,
and of course, Tammy and Leslie. She loved him for accommodating
her sexual pleasure, for being as deviant as she had always
wanted to be: bisexual, drinking, pornography loving, promiscuous.
It was time to give herself to Paul, forever. If worst
came to worst, a wife couldn’t testify against her
husband. |
