The bad news is that when I had everyone over for dinner, Allison
suggested that we invite Doug, her father, to the wedding. “It would be healing.”
Ed snorted. “I think
we’re all pretty much healed.”Janet didn’t say anything.
I was afraid that Kate was about to say something therapisty, so I said, “Are you sure that’s a good idea?” But I was too late.
But Kate surprised me.
She talked like a regular person, albeit one who didn’t understand the
situation or was just clueless. “I think
it would be very nice. We’ll all share
grandchildren. It would be nice if we
could all be friends.”
“What about Missy?”
Ed asked. Missy is Ed’s
stepmother. She had been Janet’s best
friend. Janet once said that what she
really missed after the divorce was Doug’s paycheck and Missy.
Janet shrugged. “Why
not? We might as well be modern.
And it’s not like I care about him.
And we might as well ask your dad, too, Charlie, so all the grandparents
can see the kids in their outfits.” I
wondered if she thought this up because she knows Doug can’t stand my father. Not that she can either.
Later she told me that she really didn’t care, but she
mainly agreed because she didn’t want to argue with Allison and, anyway, she
didn’t think “the SOB would have the nerve to accept.”
But for some reason, probably because Allison got to him, he
did.
And because Cilla asked my father to please, please, please
come, he accepted, too. 
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