All attention immediately shifted in his direction, for he stood taller than every other man in that church.
He found himself walking toward where his family was gathered around Red.
The crowd faded away from his senses until only her remained in his vision.
What the hell are you doing? he asked himself.
I'll be damned if I know, he answered silently.
When he reached where they were all standing, with Elle hugging her mother, his father turned to look at him at the same time as his mother did. They didn't ask him what he was doing, as if they had already guessed, when he reached out his hand and slowly took Elle's hand that was holding her mother.
Enny looked at him with tears in her eyes, and he offered her a reassuring smile. Elle turned to him with a look of confusion; her eyes, which he had thought might still be filled with tears of heartbreak, were dry now but her leashes were wet.
