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say? “I get it. It’s weird.”
    “It’s messed up.”
    Sophia laughed quietly. “Yeah, but…”
    “Hm?” Tabby pushed her hair off her shoulder.
    “I don’t know.” How could she put into words the confusing back-and-forth of emotions she’d experienced, none of which would be classified as expected?
    Tabby stepped closer to her. “What?”
    “What if I’m more pissed about Josh and Liz’s betrayal than… I don’t know.”
    “Than about not getting married?” Tabby offered.
    Sophia nodded.
    “Then I’d say everything happens for a reason.” She put an arm around her and squeezed. “I was wondering if you were thinking something like that. I know you’ve got brass balls and all, but I just wanted to make sure you’re as okay as you pretend most times.”
    “Sophia!” Another voice that she didn’t recognize was calling.
    “More of this?” Leaning into Tabby, she whispered, “I thought all the smiling BS was over.”
    A face Sophia didn’t recognize came front and center, the salivating need for precious gossip almost dripping down her chin. “Oh my God! Did you know?”
    She’d never seen the woman before in her life. “I did! Crazy, isn’t it? Thought it would be best to end things with a bang. More fun this way—”
    “Excuse me!” Tabby snagged her arm. “We have to use the restroom.” She firmly yanked Sophia away. “You need a breather.”
    “Yup. I think I do.” She had to get out of that room with all the lights and decorations and busybodies. The faces of the guests all said they either pitied her or they knew. “Not once, but three times , with my three overseas trips in the last year.”
    “We need out of this room before we start dissecting it.”
    “I was risking my life in Saudi Arabia and Yemen ”—since DC File lady knew, what the hell, Tabby could know too—“while Liz was screwing my fiancé.” Josh didn’t know exactly what Sophia had been doing overseas, but he did know it was a project that her father had set up, that it wasn’t the safest situation, but that she was doing something that mattered. “Glad he was worried about my safety…”
    A love affair with the two people who said they were most concerned about her travels. That was BS.
    “Screw him,” Tabby promised.
    “Yeah.” Sophia’s stupid-expensive dress swooshed with each step as they passed her mom, who waved as though it really were any old fundraiser. “You know what? I’m not going to hide.”
    “We’re not hiding. We’re breathing. In a bathroom. Or hallway. Away from people. ” Tabby gripped her elbow. “Let’s go breathe elsewhere.”
    “I’m done following the party line.” She stopped, lace and fluff and silk anchoring her in one spot.
    “Shit, Soph. Party line? You’re not a politician. But you can’t… I don’t know.” Tabby inched close. “Please don’t do anything insane.”
    Sophia grabbed the white layers of the mermaid skirt. “This dress is insane. My mother turning the reception into the must-attend function of the year—that’s insane.”
    The conversation her mother had started when Sophia arrived was really insane , but Tabby didn’t need to know the embarrassing details. Her mom’s prissy voice had pleaded with her over Colin’s phone. Couldn’t you two wait to do this later? Yeah, sure, Mom. Go through with a wedding and then have to deal with the divorce just to make her party go off without a hitch. Very Mom.
    Tabby relented, knowing that the dress and the festivities were over-the-top and not very Sophia at all. “Point proven.”
    She dropped the skirt, feigning heartache. “God forbid a party falls through.”
    Tabby failed to stifle an appreciating laugh. “So, what do you want to do?”
    “This.” Sophia turned and headed toward her mom. She forced on a happy face. “That was everyone I needed to say hello to, so my duties are officially over.”
    “Sweetheart.” Mom’s discomfort would never be obvious, but the ladies