When we got to the front, Owen was standing there with tears running down his cheeks. He
looked at Hannah. Then he looked at me.
And he mouthed two words. “Thank you.”
I didn’t know what he was thanking me for. Not yet.
Pastor Jim stepped forward. He cleared his throat. He looked like he’d forgotten every word he was supposed to say.
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“Well,” he said. “Who gives this woman to be married?”
Mark answered first. His voice cracked.
“Her mother and I do.”
Hannah let go of my arm. She kissed Mark on the cheek. Then she turned and kissed me on the
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Then, before she stepped up to stand next to Owen, she did one more thing.
She walked over to the front row. To the first chair on the left.
Crystal was still half standing there. Frozen. Her face had gone completely white under all that perfect makeup.
