Chapter 22
Atlanta, GA
Charles
THE INVITATIONS HAD simply read “You are invited to attend a Commitment Ceremony to be held between Charles and Philip at their home in Buckhead at seven o’clock in the evening,”—and gave the date—“dinner will follow. Dress is casual.”
Philip and I had discussed this at length and had decided to keep the list short. If everyone accepted, in attendance would be John and Joe, Richard and Bruce, Lydia and a date, William and Henry, who were flying in from Boston, and we’d invited Joel Taft and his partner, who was also a surgeon. Counting Gran, there would be thirteen for dinner, but we weren’t superstitious. In the end, everyone had confirmed their attendance, but Lydia had advised us that she’d be coming alone, her current boyfriend being out of town, so w
