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I was picking up a few books this morning.” I bit my lips and began to type his name into the excel sheet.
    “I know that look.” She rolled her eyes and laughed. “He can be quite the charmer, can’t he?”
    “You could say that.” I shook my head and tried to hide the smile forming on my lips. As annoyed as I was that he paid for my things, I did have to admit that he was charming and his love for Walt Whitman, did win him at least one point.
    “I promise he’ll be on best behavior at the wedding.” She touched my hand and gave me a sympathetic look.
    I patted her hand in acknowledgement. “Alright, what else?” I asked changing the subject. I brushed a strand of hair out of my eyes and got back down to business.
    “We need to change a few of the family group photos around. I guess Aniela wants to have a photo with each individual family and then larger family groups as well,” Annabel explained, opening her binder and flipping to the section she needed without skipping a beat.
    “No problem. How do you want to rearrange everything?” I settled in for a long meeting.
    We went through each group picture and split out the different families on Annabel’s side then went through the groom’s side as well. At the end of the list we re-grouped the families back together and made a few changes to the other group photos. When the list was finished, I hit ‘save’ and silently panicked. I didn’t know how I was going to organize five hundred people and get through that whole list during the cocktail hour. One thing I knew for sure: Annabel’s wedding was going to be a long day.
    “So just one more week. Are you excited?” I asked, turning toward her and closing Excel.
    “I can’t wait. I just want to start my life with Jake,” she said, beaming. “And it’ll be nice to be done with all of this.” She gestured toward her wedding binder. “I mean, it’s fun and all but if we weren’t getting married next week, I’d definitely be eloping. Both of our families are driving us crazy. They mean well, but you know how families can be.” She gave me a nervous smile, looking for confirmation.
    I nodded and smiled back, even though I didn’t know how families could be. My family was gone and I would never experience what Annabel was going through.
    “Thanks for being so patient with us. I know this isn’t what you signed up for. We’ll pay you more for all the trouble we’ve put you through,” Annabel offered.
    “That’s not necessary. Let’s just try and not change the list again,” I said, half joking.
    She laughed and rose from her chair. “I’ll try my best to keep it the way it is. I’ll see you Saturday, thanks again.” She picked up her giant, over-stuffed wedding binder and headed for the door.
    “See you next week,” I called after her.
    I watched her go, lost in thought about family. Even though she claimed her family was driving her over the edge she seemed so full of light and forgiveness. I wondered if I would have had the same grace dealing with my family as she did. I doubted it. As much as I loved them and missed them, even as a child I didn’t have the patience Annabel had.
    I turned back to my desk to finish the dreaded accounts receivable. I double clicked on the program and waited for it to boot up, but my cell phone went off in my purse before the login screen came up. I rummaged through my overstuffed bag, trying to beat the last ring, and reached it just in the nick of time.
    “Hello,” I answered, rushing to answer the phone before I could see the caller’s name.
    “Hey, it’s Christy, just got your voicemail. I’ll pass along the info, you up for a girl’s night tonight?”
    “Yeah, that sounds great.” I logged into the A/R program as Christy talked.
    “Same place, same time.”
    “Alright, see you there.” I clicked the ‘end’ button and tossed my phone on the desk.
    I spent most Saturday nights with a few of my single girlfriends at the local