The Envelope My Father Handed Me At My Sister’s Wedding

that had started all of it.

Heavy.

Cream-colored.

Much less frightening once opened.

Grant came out before my car did.

No coat. Good leather shoes getting ruined.

“Vivian.”

I turned.

He stopped a few feet away. Careful distance. Smart enough not to step into family fire.

“If what you said is true,” he began.

“It is.”

He nodded. Rain dotted his tuxedo lapels.

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