Emori My stomach feels like it’s falling out of my as.s with nerves! Today has been amazing, and I couldn’t have been more proud. Elena, Spencer, and Emily were looking down on Lyric today; I know they were. I could sense their presence and see them in my mind’s eye, smiling down on their daughter. The party was lovely, everyone dressed to impress. I wore my lavender cocktail dress with a crisscrossed back, showing a little cleavage. I had my hair in a chunky French braid that sat over my right shoulder. When I walked down the stairs this morning, I wasn’t expecting the reaction I got. Oh, it wasn’t bad. In fact, it was everything. Tyler was waiting for me at the bottom of the stairs, and he looked so handsome in an ivory suit with his hair tied at the base of his neck. I took a deep

