Chapter 2: The KeyAnaliz and Jared’s wedding was a lovely affair. I tried not to feel envious of the love that she and Jared had for each other. I wanted that for myself. But it seemed like it wasn’t meant to be. I guess I’d have fun looking. I glanced over into the crowd where Paul sat watching the ceremony. He was friends with most of the people there as I was so I wasn’t worried about him feeling out of place. But as I looked around at the couples talking and laughing at the reception, I felt bad. Everyone knew that he and I weren’t a thing. In fact, if they listened to him talk, they’d know that Paul had about as much interest in me as I did in the tablecloth.
I paused at the buffet table, looking over the spread that Jared and Analiz had put out. Her mom had done a lot of the cookin
