Always and Forever by Linda Poitevin

Author:Linda Poitevin
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: single mom romance, contemporary romance, wedding story, romance with older characters, romance wedding
Publisher: Michem Publishing
Published: 2018-06-10T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

“Pink!”

“Yellow!”

“Purple!”

“Gween!”

Grace met the wedding planner’s gaze over the heads of the cluster of little girls poring over the magazines and fabric samples she’d scattered across Gwyn’s dining room table. It was their third round of trying to get a consensus on flower girl dresses, and the color choices remained firmly the same...or rather, firmly different. Katie wanted purple; Maggie, yellow; Lilliane, pink; and three-year-old Annabelle, “gween.” Only quiet little Sage, sitting on Gareth’s daughter Amy’s lap, had refrained from offering an opinion so far.

Across the table, Gwyn rolled her eyes as she removed baby Julianne from her breast and tucked her against her shoulder. “I told you it was a mistake leaving it up to them,” she said, patting her daughter’s back. The week-old infant responded with an immediate, wet burp. Gwyn wiped her mouth with a corner of a cloth and continued talking without missing a beat. “You’ll never get an agreement in a million years. And while I hate to point out the obvious, you only have a month.”

“You may have to make an executive decision here,” Carol agreed, studying the swatches the girls had chosen. “Or your wedding party may end up looking more like an Easter parade.”

Grace looked down at the girls. They’d been practically bouncing off the walls ever since Carol had walked in the door. She so hated to take away any of their excitement. And she had promised they could choose...

“Aunt Grace?” Sage slipped off Amy’s lap and leaned against Grace, who looped an arm around her niece’s waist.

“Yes, sweetie?”

“Why are we called flower girls if we don’t have flowered dresses?”

“Because we carry flowers, dummy,” her sister informed her.

Grace shot her a warning look. “Lilli, we don’t call people names.”

Lilli, obviously trying hard to impress her older cousins-to-be, rolled her eyes, and Grace made a mental note to take her out for tea and a one-on-one discussion soon. It was a far more effective tactic, in her short mothering experience, than tearing down the little girl in front of others. In the meantime, Amy came to Sage’s rescue, bless her heart.

“That’s actually a good question, Sage, and it might even solve our color problem.” She reached out to pull one of the magazines closer, then flipped through its pages. “I know I saw it somewhere—ha! There. What about something like this?” She pointed at a little girl in the front row of a full-page bridal party spread. Blonde and cherubic, the child wore a knee-length, full-skirted, scallop-necked dress in a white fabric sprigged with flowers and leaves in all the required colors, cinched with a pink ribbon at the waist.

“They could each have the ribbon of their choice, maybe,” Amy suggested. “And the guys could have matching ties.”

And best yet, Grace could envision every single one of her own flower girls wearing something just like it. “It’s perfect! What do you ladies think?”

“Hold on,” Carol said over the babble of agreement. “I hate to burst your bubble, but something like that isn’t going to be available off the rack, and a rush order for having them made will cost a fortune.

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