perhaps the effort required to flicker the lights took their attention away from sustaining the flower . `` so , dear , what 's the rest of your family doing tonight ? '' i mean , is it so bad that it 's embarrassing ? '' celeste looked into the trees , waiting for jake to return , but there was no movement . outside the church they had to pose for photographs . i snatched it out of her hand and read the message she was replying to . he just stood there with a heavy heart . 