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“Amy!” Emma called. I turned to see her running over to us. I barely got to see her ever since she moved out of town. The last time I visited was when she wrecked her car and nearly broke her leg. Most of our talks had been on the phone or over text. I couldn’t help but grin when I finally got to hug her in person.
“You made it,” I said. “Thank you for coming on short notice.”
“And miss your big day? You look so fucking amazing,” she said. “Like Gram’s old picture. Is that her dress?”
“No, Calvin sold that. I found this all on my own.”
Emma’s face fell when I mentioned Calvin. “You know he tried to show up, right?”
“I do. Mom and Dad tried to defend him, and Levi just told them to leave.” I jerked my thumb toward the man behind me.
Emma finally turned to him. “I like you already. I’m Emma. You probably only remember Amy and Calvin, though.”
“No, I remember you. Amy talks about you all the time.”
“That’s surprising. I was sure I’d annoyed her into never talking about me. Even to her fiancé.”
“I like to reiterate how much of a pain in my ass you are,” I added.
“Welcome to our wedding,” he said. “There’s only one rule, and it’s that you don’t mention Calvin.”
“I already do that,” she said. “And I have way more important things to do now, such as know everything about how you two reconnected.”
“We may not have time for all of that today,” I cut in. “We still have people to talk to and things to clean up.”
And Levi and I needed to come up with a better story.
“Fine. But I’ll have questions later.”
“As you should,” Levi said.
“And if you break her heart, I have no problem driving four hours to kick your ass.”
“I’d welcome it.”
Emma nodded slowly. “All right, you’re not so bad. And you make my sister smile bigger than I’ve ever seen, so welcome to our fucked-up family.”
I gazed across the crowd of people and landed on Riley and her family. They were casually hanging out, but I saw her perk up when my eyes met hers.
“Sorry to cut this short,” I said. “But I think a few people are waiting.”
“It’s nice to finally see people waiting foryouto talk to them,” Emma said smugly. “But go ahead. Have fun. I’ll find outallthe details later.”
And I knew she would. She’d either call me when I least expected it or drive the four hours to corner me.
Levi followed me over to where Riley was holding hands with a little girl with brown hair. Next to her was a taller man with black hair, who watched a baby barely old enough to toddle around the yard.
“Hi,” I said. “Thank you for coming.”
“I’m so glad we could be here. This is Oliver, my husband.”
“Nice to meet you,” Oliver said.
“And this is Zoe.” She pointed to the little girl. “And Xavier.”
Zoe waved, but Xavier was far too entertained by a dandelion to notice us.
“You didn’t tell me your kids wereadorable,”I said, looking at the two of them.