An Edgartown Christmas by Katie Winters

Author:Katie Winters
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: sisters friendship, christmas holiday fiction, womens divorce fiction, mother & daugher fiction, clean and wholesome fiction
Publisher: Katie Winters
Published: 2021-10-12T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

The girls had done their very best to include Mila in every portion of the wedding ceremony and subsequent reception, which was held at a small event space attached to the Katama Lodge and Wellness Spa, located on the western edge of Katama Bay, just south of Edgartown. That said, the girls’ best simply wasn’t enough to blot out the misery that seemed to grow deeper within Mila as time passed. Jennifer and Mila’s clunky morning routine had started things off slightly sour, at least for Mila, and things had just trucked along from there.

Now, mid-way through the reception itself, Mila tried her best to sit like a poised lady in a wheelchair. She had searched for images of “beautiful women in wheelchairs” the previous evening while she’d lay in bed alone and discovered that there was a sharpness to these women, a sign of courage that lurked behind their eyes. Maybe the courage came later, or maybe it was better to fake it till it came.

It was a couple’s dance. From her stance at the side of the beautiful dance floor, Mila caught sight of Jennifer and Derek, lost in their swirling, frenetic conversation, captivated with one another’s relative new perspective in their lives. Just a few couples away, Camilla and Jonathon danced with goofy grins, both grateful they’d thrown together a wedding after the year they’d had. Olivia and Anthony danced, as well, with Olivia’s rather short skirt highlighting the athleticism of her runner’s legs. Mila’s stomach burned with jealousy. She took another sip of wine and tried to collect these dark thoughts into the back corner of her mind.

It had been beautiful to watch Andrea walk down the aisle— beautiful to see her pledge her life to a man she loved and beautiful to witness Camilla as she wept with joy as the church bells chimed above them.

But in truth, as she sat in the silence of herself at the side of the reception now, Mila felt like a fool. In many ways, she wished she remained at the hospital, where her routine had been steadfast. It had been expected that she couldn’t do much of anything— where nurses’ assistance hadn’t filled her with so much shame. How embarrassing that at one time, she’d been the fastest runner on the girls’ cheerleading team, and now she couldn’t even go to the bathroom alone.

Mila grabbed her phone and typed the twelfth message to Liam that day, none of which she’d actually sent but saved as drafts.

MILA: I wish you would just be man enough to tell me what’s going on in your head.

This time, however, she took a long sip of wine and tapped her finger against the SEND button. If Liam wanted to act like an absolute trash bag of a human, she was willing to remind him of this fact.

Unfortunately, it seemed that Liam’s phone was off or he’d blocked her. Her message received only one checkmark. She took another long swig of wine and cursed herself inwardly.

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