Summary

In Chapter 22, Phoebe woke up to dozens of texts from her brother about the impending proposal on the day it was scheduled. Sam left early to meet all the children and their parents at the park to practice their dance. Phoebe checked her email and got notes back from her advisor critiquing her dissertation and telling her not to lose focus in the final stretch. Phoebe started to panic, but tried to remain calm so she could focus on taking Shani out to lunch and luring her to the park as if nothing unusual was happening. The dance-proposal went off perfectly, and Phoebe was tempted to cry. Afterwards, one of the kids pointed to Phoebe and asked Sam if he was going to propose to her. Sam said, “someday,” and this made Phoebe panic. They walked into the trees for privacy and...