Then she did something that stunned the entire church.
Mom stepped into the aisle and began to clap.
The wedding guests gasped.
The photographer lowered his camera.
Ethan turned so suddenly that Diane nearly slipped from his arms. Diane’s smile faltered when she saw my mother standing there. Ethan’s forehead creased with confusion.
Then my mother said something that made both of them turn pale as snow.
She looked at them with the saddest expression I had ever seen on her face.
“Well,” she said softly, “I suppose we all understand the marriage arrangement now.”
You could have dropped a pin on those church steps, and every person there would have heard it.
Ethan set Diane down immediately.
“Linda, why would you say that?” Diane sobbed. “You just ruined a beautiful moment for me.”
No one moved.
“What about my daughter’s moment? The one you just ruined?” Mom asked.
Diane pressed her hand to her chest. “I just asked for one tiny thing, and you’re turning it against me. You’re turning me into a villain!”
She looked around at the guests, but everyone quickly avoided her eyes. No one stepped forward to defend Diane. Everyone had watched what happened, and once something ugly is dragged into the light, it becomes hard to keep pretending it is harmless.
But Mom wasn’t finished.
“You did that all by yourself, Diane. My daughter thought she was gaining a husband today,” Mom said. “But apparently your son already has a wife-sized responsibility.”
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