Ariel woke up the next day, took her bath, and wore her clothes. Dylan had bought her a cream suit shirt and blouse and a small flower hat that came with the outfit for the wedding. Her mother helped her make her hair and as they sat in front of the half-broken worn-out mirror that morning, Esther would not stop complaining about how it wasn't right for them to have such a quiet wedding.

"When I married your father, we weren't very rich, and I had just fled from home. We have no reason to have an elaborate wedding. But, it didn't mean we couldn't invite the friends and families...