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“No problem,” I said, “I have the lauest’s dessert preference”

“Good to hear” She scratched her head “Was that Tyler I just saw leaving? He looked disheveled as hell”

“I have the final ed the subject “The artist plans to start the calligraphy on the mirrors tomorrow”

“Harloas that Tyler?”

“She’s really excited to do the large-scale mirror” I tried to keep our train of conversation on est one she’s ever done”

She looked at the door, then back at me

“Since it takes her a while to do these, she asked the chapel if she could work on it there for the next feeeks”

“Tyler toldin another state today, and Chad told me that he saw a couple that looked like you two last week, but…” She stepped back, crossing her aruy fro with?”

“I think this artist is going to blow us all away”

“Stop trying to distractwith my brother?”

I didn’t say anything, and I knew the ansas etched all over my face

“That’s why you’ve been late to everything and utterly unreachable?” Her voice cracked “Because fucking Tyler is ?”

“It’s not like that”

“But you are fucking hiht?”

I said nothing

“Oh My God! I tell you everything, Harlow” She hissed “Everything”

“We were planning to tell you after the wedding”

“We?” She looked as if her head was about to explode “I just don’t understand how you could do this” She glared at h that he’sto my face every day!”

My heart sank “I didn’t think it was the right time”

“You didn’t think at all” She talked over er than a feeeks at a ti to bounce back frouy, but Tyler should’ve never been an option He hasn’t even finished college!”

I bitwith his life

“You’re like a fucking sister to me, Harlow” Tears fell down her face “This is pretty much incest”

“Chelsea …”

“No” Her face reddened “Fuck no Don’t you dare say anything right now except, ‘I’m sorry’”