A Summer Wedding on Arran: A brand new heart-warming and uplifting novel set in Scotland by Ellie Henderson

Author:Ellie Henderson [Henderson, Ellie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Choc Lit Contemporary Romance: A Joffe Books Company
Published: 2023-07-17T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Four

As expected, Emma made it to the ferry terminal with plenty of time to spare and she sat in the car dozing in the morning sunshine after her early start. She thought about all the times she had made this ferry crossing over the years and how she had always taken her wonderful upbringing for granted. As a child you never paused to reflect on how much your parents did for you and all the sacrifices they made. Yet now, as Emma sat reflecting about her lovely childhood, she wished she could thank Mum for all that she had done, it had shaped who all three of them were today.

When the sisters were growing up, they all had their own jobs to do at home. Amy helped her dad in the garden. Kirsty was in charge of pegging out the laundry on the line and helped in the kitchen. Emma always insisted that she should be the one to assist with the baking, much to Kirsty’s annoyance as she loved to bake, too. Mum had always called her Em. It started when she was a toddler and then the rest of the family would call ‘Em’ in a singsong voice if they wanted something, or scream ‘Em’ if they realized she’d borrowed an item of clothing without asking. Except her father, he had always called her Emma and since their mum had passed, her sisters had reverted to calling her Emma again as though Em was a painful reminder of their loss. Max had never called her ‘Em’. It had always been ‘Emma’ or ‘Emmy’. Sometimes she missed ‘Em’.

It was a gorgeous morning and Emma noticed the holidaymakers, kayaks on their roofs, and bikes strapped to the back of caravans. It was a magical place to go on holiday and a special place to grow up with summers spent mainly on the beach, dipping in and out the sea, picnics with sandy sandwiches and ice cream cones. It didn’t matter that the ferries arrived packed with tourists over the summer months, you would always find a quiet spot to think and just be.

Despite the island being small, it had so much to offer and was rich in history. There was even evidence of Viking activity. The island hadn’t escaped the clearances of the nineteenth century when alternative land and accommodation was promised to every adult male if they emigrated to Canada. Whole villages were displaced, and the Gaelic culture of the island changed forever. They had done a project on in at school and Emma often wondered if Amy’s fascination with Canada took root when she learned about what had happened. There was even a memorial to the displaced families on the shore at Lamlash paid for by the Canadian descendants of the emigrants. As a child, Amy could often be found looking at the world map on her wall telling her sisters that she would live there one day. They never actually believed that she would.

A ticket inspector knocked on her window and jolted her from her daydreams.

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