The orbit of Clara’s family centered on the weddings, weddings that were filmed and edited with Oscar worthy devotion. Some weddings (with the five mariachi bands and professional dancers stomping across the plaza) centered on national pride. Other weddings (with the Cinderella carriage and the six white horses) prioritized outdoing the Jones’ over the Garcias. And of course, attending every one of those weddings was law.
Silently, Clara arranged the princess style gowns around the bridal dressing room. She didn’t know how to tell Sofia, the matron of the ceremony tomorrow, that no one would be coming to wear these dresses. She practiced in her head the safest way to say it. She considered asking Julio to inform Sofia. Julio was certainly the most resilient, being only six years old. Or she could ask him to ask his even younger cousin Manuel, who had just learned to walk and could easily deliver a letter with the news.
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