Marriage, Monsters-in-Law, and Murder by Sara Rosett

Author:Sara Rosett [Rosett, Sara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington
Published: 2016-06-09T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Graham’s jog trailed off to a brisk walk. “Sorry.” He sucked in a deep breath. “Sorry, man. I tried to get here before it started.”

Brian, who had been waiting off to the side, trotted over to Graham. “What are you doing here? How is Julia?” he asked as they exchanged a brief guy hug, slapping each other on the back.

Everyone had all fallen silent at Graham’s shout and the whole wedding party must have been curious about Julia’s state because no one started talking.

“She’s stable,” Graham said, stepping back. “They have her sedated.”

“Oh,” Brian said. “Sorry. I thought since you were here that she might be . . .”

Graham looked down at the ground. “There’s nothing I can do right now. The doctors told me to take a break, get out of their hair for a while. I’ll go back later tonight.”

“How did you get here? Hasn’t the last ferry already run today?” Brian asked.

“I hired a private boat to get me over here. It’s coming back for me at eleven tonight.”

“You didn’t have to do that.”

Graham slapped him on the back. “I couldn’t leave you hanging on the night of your rehearsal.”

“Thanks, man. Glad you could make it, but if you need to leave, just head out.”

Graham nodded and plucked at his T-shirt. “I’m not exactly dressed for this. Let me get changed.”

“All right, I’m sure we’ll have to run through it several times. I’ve got Lance standing in for you until you get back.”

As the two men parted, I glanced at Meg. “Can you keep an eye on the kids for me? I’ll just be a moment.”

“Sure,” she said, leaving the row of bridesmaids.

I hurried across the grass as fast as my heels allowed. “Graham, hold on.”

I caught up with him at the top of the shallow steps where he’d paused when I called him. “Did Redding get in touch with you? Did you get the contact information for Julia’s family?”

“Yes, her sister will be here tomorrow.” Even though we were far away from the wedding party, Graham lowered his voice. “And he told me about what he’d found in Julia’s suitcase. I can’t believe it. I’m completely stunned that she would—” He looked away at the horizon. “I haven’t known her that long, but I had no idea. I never would have suspected she’d do those things. I know Summer and Brian weren’t happy that I brought her, but she kind of attached herself to me and wouldn’t take no for an answer.”

I thought of Redding’s questions about their relationship. “So you have only been dating awhile?”

“About a month. The crazy thing is that I didn’t even know she was the one who behaved so badly when Brian broke up with her. I met her online. Brian and I are both so busy that we don’t see each other much, especially with him in Tallahassee and me in Macon. Our paths don’t cross as much as they did when we were kids. I knew about his ‘wacko ex,’ as he called her, but I’d never met her.

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