I wore a simple blue dress I had bought with my own paycheck.

Mrs.

Bell brought blackberry cake.

Ruth arrived with a bouquet of bright yellow flowers and immediately corrected the way we had lined up the folding chairs.

There were no black SUVs.

Adrian sent a message wishing us well and promised not to attend uninvited with a board report.

Silas laughed when I read it aloud.

Before the ceremony, Warren approached me by the garden gate.