The Last One at the Wedding

Content Warning: This section of the guide discusses death, violence, sexual content, and substance use.

On the morning he is to leave for the wedding, Frank wakes early. He thinks back over Maggie’s childhood. He knows that he got a few things wrong as a father, but they did have good times together. He recalls how independent Maggie always was, even as a young person. He hopes that she will be happy in her marriage.

Frank stops by Tammy’s to pick her up to go to the wedding. They have a 300-mile drive ahead of them, and he wants to get an early start. Tammy does not have children of her own but is a foster mother through the state foster care system. She specializes in short-term fostering and typically takes on what Frank would characterize as tough cases. On the day of their journey, she is not supposed to have any children at her home, but she does. She explains that it was an emergency and that the girl, Abigail, will be accompanying them to the wedding. Frank is upset, but she reminds him of all the help that she gave him with