Winter Storms by Elin Hilderbrand

Author:Elin Hilderbrand
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Fiction / Family Life, Fiction / Contemporary Women
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Published: 2016-10-03T22:00:00+00:00

KEVIN

Kevin Quinn is the king of the world. At the selectmen’s meeting on Wednesday, November 9, Kevin is granted a three-year liquor license for his venue, Quinns’ on the Beach, at 200 Surfside Road. The total cost, with all of the permitting fees and insurance, is just under a hundred and twenty grand. Kevin figures he will easily make this money back in the first year. Kevin did note that his most vocal champion among the selectmen was none other than Chester Silva, Haven’s uncle, who said he liked to see “local kids” running successful island businesses. Kevin smiles at the word kid. He’s thirty-eight years old. But Chester is in his seventies, so he supposes it’s all relative.

That accomplished, Kevin finds a small, year-round rental on the edge of town. It’s just a cottage, two bedrooms, two baths—but it’s charming and warm. There is a cozy downstairs bedroom for Genevieve, and an airy, spacious loft-type master suite for Kevin and Isabelle. There are granite countertops in the kitchen and a breakfast nook, a claw-foot tub in Genevieve’s bathroom, and a postage-stamp-size yard where, come spring, Genevieve can toddle around.

Once Kevin and Isabelle have moved in—man, does it feel good to have their own space!—Kevin focuses all his energy on the wedding. He has purchased plane tickets for Arnaud and Helene, Isabelle’s parents, who will arrive on December 23 and stay for four nights in room 10 at the inn—George’s old room. The ceremony will be held at the Siasconset Union Chapel at three o’clock in the afternoon. Kevin can’t begin to explain the hoops he had to jump through to make this happen in the off-season—even with space heaters, the chapel will be chilly—but St. Mary’s is busy with Christmas Eve services, and Isabelle is adamant about a church wedding. Kevin has asked Father Paul, the priest the Quinn family grew up with, to return to Nantucket from the mainland to perform the ceremony. The “reception” will be the annual Winter Street Inn Christmas party, only this year the party will be catered because Isabelle isn’t to lift a finger.

Mitzi and Kelley have been very supportive of these plans. The only hiccup came when Kevin brought up the topic of groomsmen. He had initially thought he would be attended by Patrick as best man and Pierre, his boss from the Bar, as the other groomsman, while Isabelle would have Ava and Jennifer.

“But what about Bart?” Mitzi had asked.

Kevin had stared at her, not quite understanding the question.

She said, “He’ll be hurt if you don’t make him a groomsman.”

Kevin nodded slowly. Bart would most definitely want to be a groomsman—if he weren’t being held prisoner in Afghanistan. But Kevin quickly realized that Mitzi’s hopes ran high and if Kevin wanted her full cooperation, he would have to get with the program and proceed as if Bart would be back on Nantucket by December 24.

“Bart will be my groomsman,” Kevin said. “I’ll just have Pierre as backup.”

“You won’t need a backup,” Mitzi said.

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