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Rylan Greene
(Twenty-one years old)
Outsider to the Bailey family
Grandma Dori’s BFF, Ethel, grandson
Walking into Glacier Point banquet center with Grandma Ethel on my arm, I give my head a shake when I see so many Baileys all dressed alike. Having had Jamison Ferguson as my soccer coach for years, I’ve met and talked with the majority of the Baileys at one point or another. But I scan the crowd of townspeople and Baileys, eager to spot one specific.
She’s standing with a group of her younger cousins, a sea of little girls in white dresses surrounding her as though she’s their queen. She sneaks them each a cake pop from the table displaying a white-and-pink tiered cake with flowers cascading down to the base and a single pink candle on top. I guess Dori opted not to have the big
