A Twisted Event...You Are Cordially Invited In Four Parts
You Are Cordially Invited…..Part One
Karen was having a hard time talking to the florist about the flowers for her son's wedding. "I asked for red,white and pink roses. Why is that so difficult?" She slames down the phone when she hangs up. Danny walks up to her. "Mom, it's alright. You need to calm down. Don't worry, everything will work out." He tries to calm her. He knows how his mom can be when thing aren't going her way. He heads back upstairs to his room. She turns to follow him when there is a knock on the door. Karen looks out the security door and sees her future daughter-in-law. "Lacey? I wasn't expecting to see you today?" Karen turns and yells up the stairs. "Danny! Lacey is here." She motions for Lacey to come inside the house. "Thank you, Mrs. Desai." Lacey smiles. "Call me mom? You are marrying my son." Karen corrects her. Lacey lets out a quick laugh. "Right." Danny appears at the top of the stairs. Lacey looks up to see him just standing there staring at her. Even though the moment was quick, the love he has for her was undeniable and resenated throughout the room. "You ready, yet?" She asks him.
Danny motions to her to come upstairs for a little while, but she shakes her head "No". Lacey becomes more insistant. "Come on, Danny! We still have to go pick up the tuxes. And Rico." Danny heads back to his room for only a second. He gives the room a last look. And starts to head back downstairs when he passes Karen coming up the stairs with some laundry. "You can't get married with dirty underwear." She smiles at him. He rolls his eyes and keeps walking. Karen walks in Danny's room. Everything is in perfect place. His room is spotless. Nothing out of place. On his desk she sees his journal, opened. She reaches to close the book when her motherly curiousity takes over.
February 13, 2015
"Tomarrow I am marrying the love of my life. We have gone through so much to reach this place. There are so many people I wish could be here to celebrate with us. Even though she wasn't the nicest of people, I do wish my Aunt Tara was still here. Regina Crane, she didn't deserve what happened to her plus I can't help what she thinks about how this ended. Would Jo be her maid-of-honor still or would she have picked Regina? I miss my dad. Yeah, he could be a jerk but he is still my dad. I still love him. This is my last entry. Goodbye old life and hello eternal happiness."
Karen smiled as she read until the sound of someone clearing their throat causes her to startle. There leaning against the door frame is Danny. She smiles embarrassed that she got caught reading his private thoughts. "Sorry, the book was opened." She quickly closes the book and sets it back on the desk. Danny doesn't say anything as he walks over to the desk. He reached into the draw and takes out his car keys. After pocketing the keys, he picks up the journal and flips it over and hands it back to Karen. Tapping the cover, he hands her the book. "Don't stop now you'll miss the ending." He turns to leave. Karen waits until he isn't in view. Danny, however, is standing with Lacey in the hallway waiting for Karen to open the journal.
Inside there is one entry on the last page. Karen starts to read the entry out loud:
"Mother,
I am sorry that I wasn't a better son. I never realized how lucky I was to have you as my mother. No matter what happens in the future, you have always been a great mom. I'm sure you're make a great grandmother to my children. I'll try to stay close to Tess since she is my birth mom but you will always be my mother and I will always love you."
Stuck to the back cover is an envelope marked "Mom". Karen gently removes it from the book and slowly opens the flap. Inside is the deed to the house with the word "PAID" stamped in red across it's face. Karen tries to force back tears. She looks up at the ceiling. "Oh, Danny." She said quietly. Out in the hallway, Lacey is also crying with her arms around Danny. "That was beautiful." She tells him in a whisper. Danny holds her head up and kisses her. "Not as beautiful as you." He takes her hand and they go back downstairs and leave to finish their errands. That night Jo and Rico threw the couple a surprise party.