“There.

Now walk.”

Her phone buzzed against the ring box, and she looked at it and silenced it without a word.

Kendra’s name stayed on the screen for a second before it went dark.

The guitarist started the aisle song, and I came around the hedge, and the chairs were full in a quiet way.

Ryan stood at the front with his hands at his sides, not crossed, which for him was a ceremony of its own.

Ethan had his back to me and one hand flat over his mouth.