Not threateningly.
Protectively.
I had known him only a few hours, but in that moment I loved him.
Mia looked at Donna.
“You said nobody would marry me because I can’t walk.”
Donna’s eyes flicked around the room.
Apparently, she was beginning to notice what everyone else had noticed several minutes earlier.
No one was laughing with her anymore.
No one was on her side.
My mother was staring at the tablecloth.
Claire looked ready to explode.
Her new husband had one hand on her shoulder, probably keeping her from crossing the room and doing something that would ruin the wedding photographs.
Donna lowered the bouquet.
