Olive rested a hand on the empty chair.
“I couldn’t return it. Not until Ashley knew her grandmother never chose to give up that place.”
“I told her I’d call Ashley myself. She wouldn’t let me.”
Olive looked at Ashley.
“She said, ‘If my granddaughter changed her mind, she has her reasons. Don’t make her feel guilty on her wedding day.’”
Ashley stared at Olive.
“Why didn’t she call me?”
Olive looked directly at Ashley.
“Because your father told her you were the one who didn’t want her here.”
Ashley’s face emptied.People & Society
Nobody moved.
Suddenly, I heard Mom’s voice from three days earlier.
Ashley shouldn’t lose you too.
I had thought she meant Liam was excluding her and she didn’t want me to miss the wedding as well.
She had meant something else.
Mom believed Ashley had rejected her.
And suddenly I understood why Ashley had kept looking toward the doors before the ceremony.
Part of her had still been hoping Grandma would change her mind.
Ashley looked at Liam.
“You told Grandma I didn’t want her?”
“I was trying to prevent a scene.”
“What scene?”Pregnancy & Maternity
