My parents texted me: “Don’t come to our wedding anniversary party. Only high-society guests will be there.”

lived in Beacon Hill, knew exactly which fork belonged beside which plate, and never seemed to leave the house without an expensive-looking coat.

I typed one word.

“Understood.”

Then I made coffee and stayed home.

Their anniversary party was being held at the Ashford Hotel in Boston.

Champagne wall.

String quartet.

Two hundred guests.

A ballroom Dad had proudly described as “the room where people finally see what we built.”

At 6:47 p.m., my phone rang.

Olivia.

I almost ignored it.

“Hannah,” she said when I answered. Her