Ben disappeared into the hallway.
Donna suddenly looked uneasy.
“What are you doing?”
Claire ignored her.
She knelt beside Mia.
Her huge wedding dress pooled across the floor.
“I am so sorry,” she whispered.
Mia immediately shook her head.
“It’s not your fault.”
“I wanted tonight to make you happy.”
“It did.”
Claire laughed through tears.
“Even after that?”
Mia glanced toward Donna.
“Well…”
The room laughed again.
Donna snapped, “Are we finished humiliating me?”
Mia looked at her.
“I wasn’t trying to humiliate you.”
That somehow made everything worse.
Donna’s eyes hardened.
“You knew exactly what you were doing.”
Mia hesitated.
“I was trying to make you remember something.”
“What?”
“That other people have feelings.”
Donna stared at her.
The guests made a sound that was half gasp, half laughter.
I walked toward Mia.
At last I reached her.
I put my hand on her shoulder.
