What Happened After My Father Refused Me
The morning after the wedding, Dad called three times. I ignored the first two. On the third, I answered. He sounded angry at first, insisting that I had embarrassed him by asking Emmett to walk me down the aisle. I reminded him that he had made his own choice three days before the ceremony. I had simply made mine afterward. For once, there was no argument left for him to hide behind.
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