The wedding by Nicholas Sparks

Author:Nicholas Sparks
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Man-woman relationships, Middle aged men, Married people, Fiction, Romance, Family & Relationships, Spouses, Marriage, Communication in marriage, General, Middle-aged men, Weddings, Love stories
ISBN: 9780446532457
Publisher: Hachette Digital, Inc.
Published: 2003-09-09T19:31:24.443000+00:00

When Jane kissed me in the kitchen, the memories of that early kiss came flooding back. I suppose it was because it reminded me of the tender rapprochements that had worked so well to heal our differences in the past: if not burning passion, then at least a truce with a commitment to working things out.

In my mind, this commitment to each other is the reason we’ve been married as long as we have. It was this element of our marriage, I suddenly realized, that had worried me so during the past year. Not only had I begun to wonder whether Jane still loved me, I wondered whether she wanted to love me.

There must have been so many disappointments, after all—the years when I returned home long after the kids were in bed; the evenings in which I could speak of nothing but work; the missed games, parties, family vacations; the weekends spent with partners and clients on the golf course. Upon reflection, I think I must have been something of an absent spouse, a shadow of the eager young man she had married. Yet she seemed to be saying with her kiss, I’m still willing to try if you are.

“Wilson? Are you okay?”

I forced a smile. “I’m fine.” I took a deep breath, anxious to change the subject. “So how did your day go? Did you and Anna find a dress?”

“No. We went to a couple of stores, but Anna didn’t see anything in her size that she liked. I didn’t realize how long it takes—I mean, Anna’s so thin they have to pin everything just so we can get an idea of what she’ll look like. But we’re going to try a few different places tomorrow and we’ll see how it goes. On the plus side, she said that Keith would handle everything with his side of the family, so that we don’t have to. Which reminds me—did you remember to book Joseph’s flight?”

“Yes,” I said. “He’ll be in Friday evening.”

“New Bern or Raleigh?”

“New Bern. He’s supposed to arrive at eight thirty. Was Leslie able to join you today?”

“No, not today. She called while we were driving. She had to do some additional research for her lab project, but she’ll be able to make it tomorrow. She said there were some shops in Greensboro, too, if we wanted to go there.”

“Are you going to?”

“It’s three and a half hours away,” she groaned. “I really don’t want to be in the car for seven hours.”

“Why don’t you just stay overnight?” I suggested. “That way, you’ll be able to visit both places.”

She sighed. “That’s what Anna suggested. She said we should go to Raleigh again, then Greensboro on Wednesday. But I don’t want to leave you stranded. There’s still a lot to do here.”

“Go ahead,” I urged. “Now that we have the caterer, everything’s coming together. I can handle whatever else needs to be done on this end. But we can’t have a wedding unless she gets a dress.”

She eyed me skeptically.

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