Consok, February 6, 1867
Drew’s POV
The suit felt too tight. Everything felt strained and tense, and I sure wasn’t happy.
It wasn’t my happiness that counted, however, so I had to suck it up and go on with today and the rest of our lives as if I am just as elated as they all were.
In a few hours, I had to walk my mother down the aisle to be married a second time. It’s not that I don’t like the guy. George was a pretty decent man who brought my mother and sisters happiness after our father disappeared. But he was also my uncle—my father’s brother, and it simply didn’t sit right with me.
My father disappeared over two years ago. He went to sea and never returned. My mother was crushed—we all were. My uncle, George, was always around us, never letting a weekend pass without v
