While Grandma dressed, I made an itemized invoice from the receipts, including payment for her labor.
Across the top I wrote PAID.
Beneath it: Reimbursed in full by Grandma’s granddaughter, since the bride declined.
I slipped the invoice under the frame and retied the ribbon. Ashley would find it when she opened our gift, but that was only the first part of my plan.
That was only the first part of my plan.
The rest depended on one thing: what Ashley did when she realized I wasn’t going to let her get away with being cruel to Grandma.
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The ceremony was held in a restored barn strung with lights.
Daniel cried as he said his vows. I watched him and wondered whether he knew what Ashley had done that morning.
The rest depended on one thing
At the reception, Grandma’s cake stood on a wheeled cart under the lights.
Every sugar flower was intact.
