The surprisingly large room had an enormous space for dancing, a place to the side for a live band, and enough room to comfortably place at least seventy-five tables, with ten guests to a table. Tom noted there didn’t seem to be an empty seat.
They found their table. “How come it’s so far from the bride and groom?” Thaddeus was displeased at the insult to his boyfriend.
“That would be Mother’s doing. She really doesn’t trust me not to embarrass the family, and so she’d want me as far from their friends as she can safely put me without having them question her. You all agreeing to come with me made it easy for her. She’ll just tell anyone who asks that there wasn’t room for us all at a closer table.” He looked resigned. “And she’ll tell them even if they don’t ask.”
The cocktail hour beg
