By six in the evening, the venue looked elegant. Warm golden lights had been wrapped around the trees outside. White flowers lined the entrance, mixed with soft greenery and small candles placed along the pathway.. A long memory wall stood against one side of the room. Photographs. Ten years of them. Bhavna and Sanjay's wedding day. Their first anniversary. Family holidays. Birthdays. Aryaveer's first birthday. Mehak dressed as a princess. Old photographs of everyone together. And, in the center, a large photograph of Bhavna and Sanjay from their wedding day.

Anitha stood a few feet away, holding her phone in one hand and checking the arrangements for what felt like the hundredth time.