The Weddings (Inheritance collection) by Alexander Chee

Author:Alexander Chee [Chee, Alexander]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-12-18T16:00:00+00:00

“She’s beautiful,” Caleb said. They were standing in the buffet line, scanning the food trays when Caleb’s most amused expression came over his face. Jack followed his eyes to where the bride stood, next to Scott. As he looked back to Caleb, he saw that all of this would be fascinating to him in some way he hadn’t anticipated.

He didn’t know what he’d expected of Soon-mi exactly. She was, as Caleb said, beautiful. She was clearly an athlete, and as she leaned in intently and listened to the elderly guest who was bending her ear, it occurred to Jack that she was also, possibly, very kind. And very fashionable. Scott had never been as well-dressed as she was right then. She had already changed out of her hanbok into a chic black silk jumpsuit and heels. Elegant, slender modern gold jewelry hung from her ears and neck, and gold bracelets armored her forearms. He had expected Scott to marry someone attractive but he hadn’t expected him to marry someone intimidatingly attractive, and so confident. The line of her jaw, the way it complemented the flex of her collarbone, the way she could gently lean her head back and smile without condescending.

Around her in the garden and the yard, he saw, at last, the other Korean guests, filing in as if they also had gone and changed. They soon made up at least half of the guests. He studied the way they filled their plates and was satisfied that they were hungry, and had not been at some other separate Korean dinner.

She hadn’t looked their way yet, and then she did. She looked sort of at him and through him, though she didn’t seem to recognize him. He wondered if she would have gone through the members of the wedding’s Facebook pages. And then she looked away.

Caleb tugged his elbow. “Oh, it is on. Let’s go eat before our food gets cold.”

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