Finding Bliss by Dina Silver

Author:Dina Silver [Silver, Dina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
ISBN: 9781477807361
Google: p0CrmgEACAAJ
Amazon: B00BFICI6K
Goodreads: 17408326
Publisher: AmazonEncore
Published: 2013-07-16T08:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE

Tyler and I were married the following summer on that very dock. It was a small ceremony with fifty guests including Grace and Jack and her parents, Tyler’s extended family, and a few friends. Cam declined due to a “work thing,” but promised to send a gift within the allotted year’s time.

I’d asked Grace’s father, Ethan, to do me the honor of walking me down the aisle. A large, handsome man who adored his wife and his family and represented everything I ever hoped for in a husband, he was the embodiment of honesty and integrity.

I wished my mother could have been there, but she’d insisted on staying in Miami. She assured me that she would’ve loved to come, but that the authorities would most certainly be waiting to ambush her at the airport. She’d moved into an assisted-living facility in Florida where she employed a woman named Vivian to come in once a day to help with minor chores and errands. She refused to leave her house other than to check on her brother, who was being treated at a nearby hospital. I’d been down there only once to visit her since the move. We’d sat in her apartment for two days watching television and eating takeout because she wouldn’t let me take her to a restaurant. I’d sent her an invitation to the wedding and offered to send her a plane ticket, but she was unwavering in her decision to stay put. She did, however, send me a white cotton cardigan from Dillard’s.

The ceremony was held at the base of the Reeds’ hill, overlooking the lake, and the reception took place at the Grand Geneva Resort where we were staying for the weekend along with many of the guests. Tyler’s mom had been reticent to let us use the house for any of the festivities without her input, so my wedding had quickly become her wedding.

“We wouldn’t want our guests in the direct heat, would we?” she asked and insisted on handing out parasols to everyone when they arrived.

She’d ask me questions as if my opinion carried any weight, but in reality every question was simply a declaration of the only opinion that mattered. Hers.

“You don’t really want to serve ranch dressing with the crudités, do you?”

“You’re not going to wear flip-flops on your weddin’ day, are you?”

“Bless your heart, you didn’t really think wildflowers were fit for a bridal bouquet, did you?”

I nodded and bit my tongue for most of it. As long as I was standing at the end of that dock with Tyler next to me, I didn’t care what was on my feet or in my hands.

I had convinced myself that Tyler’s parents were pleased with our union. Either that, or they’d simply learned to put a good face on it. Mrs. Reed had thrown us an engagement party at their country club where I actually overheard Dr. Reed bragging about my career path to one of his friends. He never said much

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