Her expression dropped as she heard him say her worst fear aloud.  Eve’s first impulse was to leave the house and head to wherever Casey was, but she realized that was foolish.  Dalton had said he was on his way, he would be here soon.  She could tell that Casey was a pillar of strength to his family and she worried that it left him without someone to lean on.  Eve frowned and looked at Dalton, feeling suddenly bad that she had coaxed this news out of him.  “I’m so sorry.  We were—-the whole reason for the crazy timing of this thing was to try and give his father a chance to be here.”<br/><br/>She shook her head.  “He should keep me waiting.”  She had gotten the sense that Casey had never broken an oath but these were incredible circumstances.<br/><br/>“Can you come get me when he gets here?  I want to see him.  I want to be there for him.”  She felt awkward asking the question, mostly because of how little she knew Dalton.  Eve didn’t subscribe to the tradition that bride and groom weren’t supposed to see each other, but even if she had, she would never leave him alone in a time like this.