She had barely a moment to register the tear that was forming in his eye but the sight of it almost moved her to tears herself. Eric then turned and o...fered Jennifer’s hand to Peter. It was only a small step from her father’s side to Peter, but Jennifer believed it was as big a journey as she had ever taken. Peter’s hands felt sweaty, and it made Jennifer glad to see that she was not the only one feeling so jittery about this whole ceremony. As soon as he took her hand, however, he seemed to. Had someone been faster thanme? But no, the truth was even more sad: Apparently Chris had starteddrinking when the first people arrived as early as 5 o'clock and wascompletely wasted by now. I didn't even get the chance to secretly sneak upinto his bed (which I seriously considered in my desperation) since he hadlocked the door behind him. It was horrible and even a whole bunch ofdrinks couldn't erase the thoughs of failure. I would have to spend mywhole life knowing that I wasn't able to get. I felt guilty for lying to Maggie, but if there was ever something I couldn’t trust her with, it would be this. She just wasn’t great with secrets, and when it was something this important, there was no way I could leave the possibilities to chance. I tried to push that to the back of my head as I surveyed what I had. Of course nothing in my closet seemed appealing at first glance. Maybe Maggie was right, I didn’t really seem to have much in the nice clothes area. Sure I had outfits that could. ‘These look delicious,’ she told her son, taking the plate from his hands and setting it on the table in front of her. Fitz climbed onto her lap, and reached for a pancake. He started to happily shove pieces of it into his mouth. Heidi grabbed a couple for herself, drenching them in syrup. Jake sat down across from her with another batch, which he hungrily started to devour. ‘I promised Fitz that we would all go to the zoo today,’ Jake said casually, looking at her, ‘If that’s okay with.