The next few months crawled by. Planning this wedding was turning into a nightmare. Heidi and Mrs. Markham were constantly at odds about everything from the invitations to the finish on the silverware. Who knew that someone could have such strong opinion on flat finish versus stainless steel? Trying to avoid Grady was also a lot harder than I thought it was going to be. Heidi dragged him everywhere with her like a sick dog. And if he wasn’t with her, she was constantly talking about him and how moody he had been lately. She kept asking me what I thought was bothering him. I blew it off as pre-wedding stress and hoped she would too. And of course, if he wasn’t with Heidi, he was showing up to stuff with Marni and Bryce even after Marni promised he wasn’t invited. Bryce had been his best fr

