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RYLAN
Slides. They cannot be serious.
I catch Calista’s eyes over Alice’s bird’s nest of red hair. She’s trying not to laugh, which only causes my laughter to bubble up in my throat.
“Pete said this is what you do for weddings.” Alice’s concerned look ping-pongs between Calista and me. I don’t have the heart to tell this poor lady that Pete is about forty years behind on his information.
“Well”—I know Calista will never say anything to be mean—“let’s have a look.”
Jean takes out the projector and Alice puts the slide circle on it. It strikes me as funny, since usually it’s the younger generation showing the senior citizens how to use electronics, but I’d have no idea how to use that thing if my life depended on it.
I close the drapes while Calista takes pictures off a wall to u
