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Emme

It is true that I ae person, but even I was surprised by the fire

I oods—either on purpose or by accident And certainly I had other options for destroying that invitation Flushing it down the toilet, for exa it repeatedly with an ice pick All good ideas, and each would have been gratifying in its oay

But in the end, I ith fire—and got slightly ained for in the process, which is often the case with me

It happened on a Friday

I’d come home from the Devine Events office a little early since I’d worked late at a corporate event the night before Nored corporate events and fundraisers, but she ay pregnant with her fourth child, had three rowdy boys under age six, and was beyond exhausted all the ti on a few extra projects here and there to help her out Weddings were slow during March in Michigan anyway

The funny thing is, it’s actually my last name—Devine—on the business, because my cousin Mia Devine started it like ten years back, then partnered up with Coco, her college rooested I take her place when she and her husbandhad been perfect since I was fresh out of grad school with a business degree but didn’t want a job where I’d be stuck at a desk

Incidentally, you htly prone to disaster would be ill-suited for handling the biggest (and most expensive) day of someone’s life, but somehow misfortune never follows me to work It’s perfectly content to wait for me at horeeted me at the door

I’d picked upthrough it on the elevator ride up to my 23rd floor loft There was the usual assortment of bills, coupons, special offers, appeals for donations, and crap addressed to the guy who’d lived in my apartment beforeunexpected—a wedding invitation

For as automatically and wouldn’t normally have received an official invitation, since I wasn’t technically a guest

One glance at the return address and my jaw dropped

They wouldn’t