Capturing a Colton by C.J. Miller

Author:C.J. Miller
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin Romantic Suspense
Published: 2017-09-05T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

After an especially quiet week—no protesters and no Livia sightings—and on the morning of Edith and River’s wedding, Jade woke to the sound of her phone ringing. Had she missed the alarm? She had set it an hour early to make sure she could finish her necessary chores before heading to Mac’s farm for the afternoon ceremony and reception.

It was Maggie. “Hey, Maggie, everything okay?”

Maggie sounded out of breath. “My bridesmaid’s dress doesn’t fit. I ordered it two sizes bigger, but I guess I’ve gained more than I expected. It won’t zip. Thorne says I should just leave it unzipped, but he’s crazy. I can’t walk around half-naked at River’s wedding. I tried to call Claudia, but she didn’t answer.”

Jade tried to think of a solution. Fashion wasn’t her expertise. The pale blue dresses had been suggested by Claudia because they had a high waist, allowing the fabric to flow around Maggie’s growing belly. “What about wearing a sweater?”

“A sweater? It’s August in Texas and I’m already carrying an extra forty pounds.”

“A shawl?” Jade asked.

“Won’t cover what needs to be covered,” Maggie said.

Jade looked at her dress hanging in the closet. “Maybe we can adjust it somehow. We’ll call Evelyn. She’s great with a needle and thread.”

“Yes, I should have thought of that. I was up early because the baby was kicking me and I’ve had these terrible leg cramps. Sorry to bother you! I’ll head over to Mac’s and see if Evelyn can work some magic.” Maggie said her goodbyes.

Jade was too awake to go back to sleep. Her alarm would be going off in twenty minutes anyway.

After taking care of her animals and checking the irrigation systems on her crops, she went inside to eat and shower. Glancing at her phone, she had nine missed calls.

Alarm spiked through her. She called Knox, the first on the list.

“What happened?” Jade asked. She rarely received telephone calls and never this many unless something was wrong.

“How’d you know something happened?”

“Nine missed calls in two hours,” Jade said.

“There was a problem, and some of the guests flying in for the wedding from Louisiana won’t make it in time. One of those was the wedding photographer. Edith is upset. Leonor is calling some artist friends to see if one of them will do the photos. Declan is trying to find a private plane to fly in the stranded guests, but it’s going to be tough. Some type of security issue at the airport.”

“Declan is involved?” Jade asked. Though he’d spent the night at her place almost every day of the last week, he’d stayed in Odessa after being there all day in meetings.

“Edith called him.”

Of course. They were family. “They could postpone the wedding a few hours.”

“Nope. Weather report is calling for thunderstorms. The minister is booked for another wedding later in the evening. Mac is okay with letting everyone use the barn and he and Thorne are trying to clean it. But it smells like horses and hay,” Knox said.

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