My Dad’s 60th Birthday Invitation Said “dress Properly Or Don’t Come.”

like I had tracked mud onto white carpet. Her boyfriend, Grant Wallace, raised an eyebrow.

Then my father saw me.

His smile vanished.

“Claire,” he said tightly. “I thought your mother explained.”

I lifted my chin. “She did.”

Before he could respond, the man at the microphone stopped mid-speech.

Governor Daniel Hayes turned toward us from the stage.

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