“Tanya, what is this?” Martinez mouthed to her as he glanced briefly at Susan, who stood with that fake concerned look on her face. Tanya rolled her eyes in disgust as Martinez looked around at their audience. He blanched when he saw the determined look on Tanya’s face, and she thought he had finally gotten the gist and would leave. Instead, he took a step forward, then stopped suddenly before raising his voice.

“Tanya darling. I never knew your unknown brother would be the one walking you down the aisle. How sweet.”

Ayo’s chuckle beside her did nothing to reduce her increasing anger. As they got to the raised platform,...