The divorce moved faster than I expected.
I was still adjusting to life as a single mother of newborn twins when Tyler made his next announcement. He and my cousin Gabriella were engaged.
He told the family at a casual backyard gathering, as though it were a pleasant surprise — a happy twist that everyone should celebrate.
I stood there processing what I was hearing.
While I had been home caring for our daughters through those early months, the two of them had been building a relationship. While I was surviving on broken sleep and trying to hold my household together, they were making plans.
And not small plans.
They were planning a large, elaborate wedding.
The Invitation I Did Not Expect
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