East Wind Came, He Stayed Silent; I Sought Another

On the day the Gilbert family opened the family hall for their ancestral memorial rites, I was full of hope that Chad would take me along. By the Gilbert family's rules, an unwed granddaughter-in-law could attend as an onlooker, standing at the outer edge. The relatives in the family all looked at me, taking it for granted. "As Chad's fiancée, Lorraine ought to be there to watch." "It would count as informing the ancestors ahead of time, too."