My Wife Left Me with Our 6 Daughters for Her Rich Boss – 15 Years Later, She Showed up at Our Oldest Daughter’s Wedding, but What Our Daughter Did Next Left Everyone Speechless – Page 9

He fixed the knot. “You handled the hard part. Today is about Adele. But I know what it took to get her here.”

I had to blink.

“Take care of her.”

“I will.”

The door opened, and Lucille walked in like she was entering a fight.

“I raised six girls.”

“If Maya makes a scene,” she said, “I’m walking outside before I say something I can’t take back.”

Behind her, Shannon appeared in a soft blue dress, twisting her bracelet around her wrist.

“Dad?”

“Yeah, baby?”

“Do I have to hug her?”

The room went quiet.

I put both hands on her shoulders. “No. Nobody gets a hug just because they share blood.”

“Do I have to hug her?”

Her shoulders dropped. “Okay.”

Piper kept asking if everyone had eaten, which meant she hadn’t eaten.