Chapter 25. Disrespected

Delilah, seated beside the patriarch, kept her head down, clutching her belly as if shielding herself. She dared not look up, knowing full well that Grandpa’s fondness for Hazel far surpassed his regard for anyone else in the family.

“There weren’t enough seats prepared since we didn’t know she’d bring someone with her.”

In truth, seating arrangements had been handled by Agatha, but the suggestion to reserve a seat for Hazel had come from Delilah. No one had expected Hazel to show up at Damon’s wedding, given the complicated history between them.

Yet the fact that she had come, only to leave before entering, reflected poorly on the Price family’s hospitality-a thought that clearly displeased Mark.

“Hmph! So this is the so-called etiquette of you younger folks? Blocking someone at the door instead of inviting them in, then telling them there’s no seat when they’re ready to enter-what kind of nonsense is that? Might as well tell her outright you don’t want her