of the table. This happened after we refused to add eighteen more people to our guest list. Changing the wedding was my decision. Excluding Mom was also my decision. Please stop blaming my fiancée.
The chat exploded.
That doesn’t mean she gets to punish my future wife every time she hears no.
Some people defended us.
Some defended Mavis.
One uncle wrote, She’s still your mother.
Ryan replied:
That doesn’t mean she gets to punish my future wife every time she hears no.
Mavis called him twelve times.
That ended most of the argument.
Mavis called him twelve times.
He didn’t answer.
Then Frank called.
Ryan answered that one.
They spoke for almost forty minutes.
“Dad asked her.”
When he hung up, he looked stunned.
“What?”
He rubbed his face.
“Dad asked her.”
“Asked her what?”
“If she did it deliberately.”
Apparently, Frank had gone back over everything.
