Jeanie
I’ve found the best way to keep the sadness and the memories at bay is to work yourself to exhaustion. Or in the case of the Segretto wedding party, dance until the DJ calls it quits.
Gabe made it so easy to forget. He was, in fact, an excellent dancer, fast or slow. He could even do a tango, or a waltz if the occasion called for a formal dance. Although he mostly danced with me, he also took a turn with his mother, and with Lucy, and even with the Segretto’s housekeeper, Mrs, McBride.
He was unexpectedly sweet and charming, and he made everyone laugh. He drank only soda and seltzer water the whole night, which I knew was no easy feat with an open bar.
Even for me, who had been sober for more than ten years, I was tempted. I know for the rest of my life, I will always be vulnera
