“He told me I was projecting my stress onto her because of the four thousand dollars for the venue deposit.”

Chloe dropped a single ice cube into her cup.

It clinked sharply against the thin plastic.

“She gave a beautiful toast,” Chloe said.

“Even Ryan was tearing up at the end when she talked about growing old together.”

“Are we being too hard on her?” I asked.

“I really want tomorrow to be easy.”

Chloe took a slow sip of water.