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0133: MATCHING BRIDESMAIDS

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JUNE’S POV

The band was already playing when we stepped into the reception hall. Floor lights turned slow circles over the tables while guests crowded in with drinks raised and phones out. I stood near Franklin and Marlene as people pressed in to congratulate us, and Luca stood on Marlene’s other side with his hands in his pockets and shoulders drawn in.

He looked thinner than I remembered. His cheeks had sunk in and the skin under his eyes was dark. His suit jacket hung loose and wrinkled, his
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