The One with the White Wedding by Erin Lawless

Author:Erin Lawless
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780008181765
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2017-05-17T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Forty

It was a winter wedding, and the heavy, floor-length chiffon bridesmaids’ dresses had seemed lovely and romantic in theory. The church was packed, the aisle laid with a burlap and lace runner, edged with flickering tea lights, scattered with white rose petals. The first bridesmaid down managed to take half the candles and flowers with her on the train of her dress. The second caught fire…

Sarai, Cardiff

Daisy eyed her bridesmaid dress with more than a shade of concern. It had still done up fine two weeks ago at the final fitting, but, right then and there, the waistline looked impossibly small. The four silver frocks hung serenely from the living room curtain rail in Nora’s flat, two each side of Nora’s own gown, which was still cocooned inside its huge black dress bag for safely.

She’d been fretting about how Sarah would take it (‘it’ being her unexpected delicate condition). It did seem like the most awful sort of F-you. Hey Sar, I know you’ve been struggling with infertility, and – oh – your marriage just somewhat imploded, but… guess what?? Sarah had been suitably excited and gracious over messages since hearing the news, but, still, Daisy feared there may be awkwardness there in person, and considering that there was already going to be awkwardness in spades between Sarah and Bea, she hadn’t really wanted to exacerbate matters.

Bea had yet to arrive – she was having dinner with her mother before heading over to Bridal HQ apparently, which – knowing how much Bea disliked spending time with said mother – smacked of an excuse. Nora and Cleo clattered about in the kitchen – the blender hummed happily and reassuringly, Nora’s bright laugh rising above it. She was marrying the love of her life – what use had she for nerves? Daisy had never seen a woman with feet so warm. The last time Daisy had been here listening to that blender churn, Nora had been making frozen margaritas for Harry’s birthday. Tonight she was making nutritious vegetable smoothies so as to ensure they all had glowing skin come the morn.

“And the baby will LOVE IT,” Nora had declared, after she had finished waxing lyrical about the toxin-busting benefits of drinking the powdered juice of young green barley. (Daisy had the sense that baby would be happier with a Mars Bar, if she was being honest, but she’d go with the anti-oxidant flow.)

“You’re so strong, Daisy.” Sarah picked up her silent phone before putting it straight back down for at least the third time since she’d arrived at the flat. “You’re having this baby on your own. I mean, I know you’re not on your own, own – just you’re not with Darren anymore. Your family is across the ocean. You know.”

“I know.” Daisy smiled and laced her hands across the curve of her stomach, an affectation in pregnant woman that had always irritated her, yet she had adopted almost immediately without even realising it. “I’m going to be a single mom, yeah.

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