#Chapter 185: Last Chance

As much as I wished it wouldn’t, the day of Caleb’s wedding eventually arrives. It takes me a long while to drag myself out of bed, and then even longer to go to the window and pear out at the world. A day this dark should be miserable outside. Storm clouds, maybe. Dreary and overcast at least. But the sun shines in a bright blue sky, mocking me with its pleasantness and warmth. What is there to be so bright about? How can the rest of the world go on as if nothing terrible is happening today? I’m still in my pajamas when Bethany wanders in. Her shoulder has mostly healed up now, so she no longer needs her sling or her cast. Even so, she probably shouldn’t still be carrying the stack of fresh blankets she is carrying. When I see her, arms so full, I rush to help. “Thanks,” she says. “I thought you might want to help me clean up some today. You don’t have to, of course, by any means, and I wouldn’t take it personally. But with everything going on, I thought you could use the dist