Dahil hindi, umiling si Arianne. "Hindi, hindi ko siya nakikita kahit saan. Dapat magpakita siya bago magsimula ang kasal, di ba? Ang parehong mga pamilya ay kailangang magpakita sa oras na iyon, hindi ba?"
Sabi ni Robin, napatigil, "I... don't think she's coming."
Nagulat si Arianne. “Bakit ganun?”
Mahigpit na isinara ni Robin ang tela ng kanyang damit. “Because she’s made it blatant and clear na hindi niya ako gusto—no, she hates me. When Syl told her about our wedding, she said, ‘Y’all already registered yourselves as married anyway; what’s the big fat point?’ She thinks our wedding is unnecessary. She thinks my family pressured Sylvain to planning one, because we somehow want stupid material things like a house or a car or whatever fancy-schmancy things only she can cook up,” she fumed. “Sinabi niya kay Syl ang lahat ng ito sa telepono. Akala niya tulog na ako, pero narinig ko lahat. Ang kasal ay palaging ideya ni Syl-hindi ng aking pamilya.
“To be frank, Arianne, I hate his mo
