Chapter 8

Two weeks before the wedding, I returned to the hotel to make sure nobody could put my name beside another expense I hadn’t agreed to. Mark was already at the table with Brooke. Luke and Emma sat across from them. I took the empty chair beside Emma. There was a time when I would have asked Mark whether he wanted coffee before sitting down. Now I opened the email showing what I had paid and waited for the planner. She confirmed the final guest count, then moved to the additional flowers...