Summary

In "July 2017," "The Napkins," Olga Acevedo worked as a wedding planner in New York. It was her job to pay attention to details. With her current client, the quality of the napkins was one such detail. The client was rich. The way they spent money upset Olga. She knew her cousin Mabel would be unable to spend such money on her upcoming wedding.

Olga and Mabel "had been, in their youth, quite close" (5). When Mabel's life started changing, a rift formed between them (5). Mabel now believed she was better than Olga. Olga considered her life since leaving their Sunset Park neighborhood successful, and wanted to ignore her cousin's attitude. However, Mabel had now achieved "something Olga never had: being a bride" (6). Despite their contentions, Olga decided to redistribute her client's excess napkins to Mabel's wedding. While working with her assistant, Meegan, Olga learned...