My Fiancé Said My Five-Year-Old Brothers Could Stay—Then a January 29 Email Revealed What He Had Asked the Wedding Venue

PART 3 — A Question About One Person Leaving

Elliott helped me load groceries one afternoon that week.

He set a small bag in the trunk, then looked at the time.

“I have to be back at work in twenty minutes.”

“I still have the milk.”

He glanced toward the cart as I lifted it myself.

“We need to talk about the cost.”

“We are.”