My Father Smirked and Told the Wedding Guests

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He tried for a scoff, but it came out thin. “It’s a joke.”

“Read line one out loud.”

He didn’t.

I held the page up between us.

“‘Now that Emily has married a real military family…’”

My sister had returned from the courtyard and was standing behind him now with her new husband, Pete, looking like he’d rather be kicked in the chest than be in the middle continue reading …