Three weeks later, he and Lina announced their engagement.
That was when I stopped expecting decency from either of them.
Now, months later, I was back on the couch with my children, trying not to think about the wedding happening without me.
Three weeks later, he and Lina announced their engagement.
***
Then my phone rang.
Nora, one of the only relatives who had never told me to “move on.”
I half-whispered.
“Hey.”
“Annie…”
Something in her voice made me sit up.
Then my phone rang.
“What happened?”
“You won’t believe what Amelia just did. You need to get here.”
I looked toward the kids.
“Why?”
“Because Amelia just stopped their family ceremony in front of everyone.”
I stood.
“What do you mean stopped it?”
“You won’t believe what Amelia just did. You need to get here.”
“I mean everyone is standing around staring at her, Ryan looks like somebody slapped him, and your mother doesn’t know what to say.”
That almost scared me more than anything else.
My mother always knew what to say.
“What did Amelia do?”
That almost scared me more than anything else.
Nora lowered her voice.
“Annie, get over here. You need to see this yourself.”
