the wedding.
When I explained that I preferred to pay for my own expenses, she gave a thin smile.
“Well, I suppose that makes things simpler.”
I assumed she was simply protective of her son.
I didn’t yet understand that she had already decided I was an outsider.
Our wedding was elegant but relatively modest. I paid for my own dress, contributed to the event expenses, and refused to let Ethan take on additional debt to impress his relatives.
Susan called that decision unnecessary.
“People remember weddings,” she told me. “
