“She told her friends that baldness might clash with the floral arrangements.”

I pressed my thumb hard into my palm.

I kept my hands completely still on my knees.

“She said that in front of the others?” I asked.

“She laughed right afterward,” Evelyn said.

“She told everyone it was just a joke about wedding stress.”

“Nobody laughed,” Evelyn went on.

“The room just went completely silent.