I did not go to the wedding. There was no wedding.
I did not go to the engagement party. There was no engagement.
I did not go to the brunch that Nina hosted two days later, the one where she told everyone that I had "had a breakdown" and that Cole had "dodged a bullet." I heard about it from June, who heard about it from a former student who knew someone at the brunch.
The emails from guests started coming in. Some of them were angry. Some of them were confused. Some of them were grateful. One was from Cole's aunt, who wrote: I have been contributing to that registry for three years. I thought I was helping a young couple. I was helping Linda buy a second car.
That one made me laugh. It was the first time I had laughed in weeks.
The foundation was investigated by the state. Evan Cort
