Paul’s face broke.
“I knew she thought you were taking him away. I thought it was mother nonsense. I thought she would calm down after the wedding.”
Emily almost closed her eyes.
After the wedding.
People always postpone hard truths until after something.
After the holidays.
After the baby.
After the wedding.
Sometimes after is too late.
The case moved slowly after that, because real consequences rarely arrive with the speed grief demands.
There were hearings.
Continuances.
