My Father Smirked and Told the Wedding Guests

saying things. I didn’t know he’d stand up in the middle of the reception. I swear to God, Rachel, I didn’t know he had that envelope.”

For a second I just watched her.

The courtyard music came through the wall as a dull thump. Somebody inside laughed too loudly at the wrong moment.

“You set that in motion.”

“I tried to stop something worse.”

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