His mother asked what I intended to tell other people.

“The wedding is canceled because we don’t want the same household.

If somebody asks what that means, I won’t pretend the boys were incidental.”

“You won’t send those papers around?”

“No.

They’re here because this is the conversation we agreed to have.

They aren’t invitations to embarrass him.”

Marjorie added that the financial accounting would be handled separately, based on payments, refunds, and agreed obligations.