"Yeah, it's kind of ridiculous. I haven't even met the bride." She looked like she didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

"So, why you?" he asked.

She shrugged. “The other bridesmaid dropped out and the bride is freaking out over having uneven wedding photos."

"So why not just ask the other groomsman to step aside?” He knew, but he wanted to hear it from her.

"It's Nathan’s stepbrother and he doesn't want to do that to him."

That surprised him. He knew ...