And that’s when everything got worse.”
I waited.
“I told him I loved you, Mom… but I wasn’t giving up my future to manage yours. He asked me to promise anyway.”
“And that’s why you left?”
“I told him I loved you, Mom… but I wasn’t giving up my future to manage yours.”
“I was angry. And I thought if I stayed, he’d keep making me responsible for fixing something he should’ve talked to you about himself.”
I looked toward the chapel door.
Richard had finally noticed me disappearing inside our family.
“I was angry.”
And somehow, even then, he’d tried to solve it without asking me.
“So why wear the dress?”
Daniel gave a miserable little shrug.
“After Dad died, I almost didn’t come. Then I remembered what he said you’d do today.”
My hand stopped on the pink fabric.
“What?”
“After Dad died, I almost didn’t come.”
“Organize
