My Sister Married My Ex-Husband – on Their Wedding Day, My Father Took the Mic and Said, ‘There’s Something You All Need to Know About the Groom’

I didn’t understand why Dad had wanted me there, but I found out soon enough.

The ceremony was short — generic vows and polite applause, with a tolerable number of awkward glances in my direction.

I kept my face blank. Kept my hands folded in my lap.

Kept breathing.

Then, the reception.

The toasts almost broke me.

Lacey’s friends, Caleb’s mother (who once told me I was like a daughter to her), and one of my cousins all stood up and made grand speeches about destiny and soulmates.

I thought I was going to be sick when Caleb’s mom shot me a sympathetic smile from across the room.

But then my dad took the mic.

People smiled, expecting something warm and fatherly.

The room went silent.

Caleb froze like a deer caught in headlights.

He looked terrified.

“I’m not very good at speeches,” Dad said.

“But I’m worse at pretending.”

He lifted his eyes then. Not to the crowd. To Caleb.

“A few years ago, right after he married Brenna, this man came to me.

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