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They hugged me together, both of them thanking me at once. Noah held on longer than usual.
“I don’t know what I’d do without you,” he whispered.
On the wedding day, I put on my dress and arrived early.
I wanted to see everything before the ceremony started. The flowers. The lights.
The place my money had helped build.
At the entrance, the coordinator asked for my name.
“I’m Helen,” I said proudly. “The groom’s grandmother.”
He frowned at the list.
I smiled nervously. “There must be some mistake.”
He checked again.
They wouldn’t let me in.
I stood there for a moment, confused. My heart started beating faster.
I pulled out my phone with shaking hands.
I called Noah.
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