Santorini Sunsets by Anita Hughes

Author:Anita Hughes
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781250094131
Publisher: St. Martin's Press

Chapter Thirteen

DAISY TWISTED HER PONYTAIL and strolled along the cobblestone street in Firostefani. She gazed at boutique windows filled with bright cotton dresses and leather espadrilles and thought wouldn’t it be wonderful to see her designs in a store window.

Daisy had gone up to Brigit’s bedroom and discovered she’d left without having breakfast. She wasn’t upset that Brigit slipped out without telling her. She must have so much on her mind: lengthening the flower girl’s dress because she had a sudden growth spurt and making sure the three-year-old ring bearer could balance the ring on the satin pillow.

She remembered the events of the last couple of days and thought Brigit looked gorgeous in her pink Dior dress and turquoise Givenchy gown. Her hair was glossy and her skin was creamy like a fashion spread in a magazine.

She pictured Brigit and Blake twirling across the dance floor and felt a small twinge. She wasn’t jealous Brigit was getting married. She didn’t want to be responsible for taking her husband’s shirts to the dry cleaners and making sure they used enough starch. She enjoyed eating Life cereal and an apple for dinner and watching reruns of Sex and the City.

But then she pictured the way Blake put his hand on the small of Brigit’s back and thought they looked so in love. She remembered the summer after Nathaniel proposed and she’d helped Brigit pick out linens and place cards. The oak kitchen table at Summerhill was scattered with fabric swatches and card stock.

* * *

“How do you know what you want?” Daisy fingered an emerald silk tablecloth.

“I’ve always wanted to get married at Summerhill.” Brigit scribbled on a notepad. “The reception will be outside so everything should be emerald and pink and yellow.”

“I don’t mean the wedding colors,” Daisy corrected. “I mean how did you know you wanted to get married?”

Brigit put down her pencil and looked at Daisy. “You know when you discover a signed copy of Catch-22 at the Strand and can’t wait to give it to him,” she mused. “Or you suddenly have an interest in the Spanish Civil War and reread The Sun Also Rises. You buy the crunchy peanut butter at Whole Foods even though you’ve always eaten the creamy. Suddenly the checkout line seems to take forever because it’s almost eight p.m. and you haven’t seen him since you snuck out of the office for a tuna sandwich at Carnegie Deli.”

“But how do you know it will last forever?” Daisy demanded.

Brigit gazed at the silk fabric swatches and lace bags of Jordan almonds. Her mouth trembled and she looked like a small child about to jump in a swimming pool. Then she smoothed her hair and turned the page of her notebook.

“You just do.” She smiled. “You don’t even have to think about it.”

* * *

Daisy reached the cliff and gazed at white stone churches and beds of pink bougainvillea. Firostefani was a ten-minute hike from Fira and had one of the most spectacular views in Santorini.

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