the concert herself and waited in the parking lot for four hours so we’d be safe.”
She looked right at me when she said “Hannah’s mom.” Not at the back table. At me.
People laughed. I laughed too. I’d forgotten all about that night.
When Kelsey sat down, Hannah stood up.
The bride wasn’t supposed to give a toast. That wasn’t on the schedule. I saw the wedding planner standing by the kitchen door, flipping frantically through her clipboard.
Hannah picked up a microphone. She tapped it twice. The whole barn went quiet.
“Hi, everybody,” she said. Her voice was shaking. “I know this isn’t on the program. Sorry, Melissa.”
The wedding planner threw up her hands. People laughed.
“I’m not going to talk long,” Hannah said. “I just… I need to say something. I’ve needed to say it for a long time. And I couldn’t think of a better time to say it than in front of everybody I love.”Plan Family Trips
