My Daughter Asked Me Not to Come to Her Wedding Because I’d ‘Embarrass’ Her – What the Groom Did at the Altar Left 200 Guests Frozen

“Yes.”

“You aren’t coming inside?”

Before he could ask why, the organ began playing.

The church doors opened.

I should have left.

Instead, I slipped inside.

There were white roses everywhere.

Every pew was full.

I sat in the back, partly hidden behind a tall arrangement.

Then Lauren appeared.

She was beautiful.

For one second, I forgot everything.

I saw the little girl who used to wear pillowcases as wedding veils.

I remembered fastening plastic beads around her neck while she practiced walking down our hallway with a bouquet made from grocery-store receipts. Back then, she’d made me promise I would sit right in front.

Lauren walked down the aisle without looking back.

At the altar stood Ethan.

That was the first time I ever saw him.

He was tall, dark-haired, and visibly nervous.

When Lauren reached him, his face softened.