Last Place in My Own Love Story
During my wedding, someone suggests that we play the game "one dollar and 50 cents".
The host will call out an amount that the players will have to match by forming groups.
I draw the 50-cent straw, and so does my best friend, Rebecca Cross, who is also the group favorite.
My fiance, Ian Chilton, his childhood friend, Richard Price, his older sister, Anne Chilton, and my stepsister, Chelsea Whitmore, all draw one-dollar straws.
For the first round, we need to make up a total of 1.50 dollars.
I make a beeline toward Ian, but he gazes distractedly at Rebecca.
It isn't until he is assured that she won't be eliminated that he finally loosens his painfully tight grip on my hand.
Before I c