Furious at our fathers for divorcing our mothers, we made a pact to never marry.

I received her note inviting me to her wedding. The lack of details convinced me she felt guilty.

I was wrong, though. The guilt came not from breaking our vow but from marrying my father.

Carol Ayer’s short fiction has been published by Woman’s World, True Story, Golden Visions Magazine, and The Long and the Short of It.