After The Rain (One Pass Away #1) by Mary J. Williams

Author:Mary J. Williams [Williams, Mary J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B018O91ZW0
Published: 2016-02-25T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TEN

“THANKS FOR MEETING me.”

“I’m honored that you asked. Picking out a wedding dress is a huge deal.”

“Even if it’s online shopping.”

Rhonda opened her laptop on the kitchen counter. She shared the house Pug inherited from his uncle about five years ago. Being busy, and a good old Oklahoma boy, little had been done to update the interior. It sported the same avocado green everything from back when avocado green was all the rage.

Now that Rhonda was the woman of the house, things were going to change. Slowly. A little paint here. A throw rug there. She wasn’t in a hurry. She and Pug had the rest of their lives to get it right. Just in time for the next generation to come along and change it to their tastes.

That was how it should be. The circle of life. Why that circle ever included avocado green, Rhonda would never understand.

“I had the big, white wedding the first time.” Rhonda snorted. “Not that I walked down the aisle a virgin. That horse had left the barn long before. Here.”

Rhonda pulled up a picture on the screen of her wedding day. All the pictures of Elmer were long gone. But she kept a few to show her children, then someday her grandchildren.

“Wow,” Claire said, struggling for a diplomatic comment. “That’s…”

“Go ahead and say it. I look like I was eaten by a cotton ball.”

“A cotton ball with ruffles. Lots and lots of ruffles.”

Rhonda laughed. “It was my dream gown. Looking at it now, I realize it was more of a nightmare. The dress and the marriage.”

Claire gave Rhonda’s hand a sympathetic squeeze.

“You got out. That’s what’s important. You have two beautiful children and a man who adores you. I’d say, in the long run, you came out the winner.”

“I did,” Rhonda beamed. “This time, I’m going classic. Simple. Uncomplicated. Just like my man.”

“Sounds perfect.”

Claire sipped her coffee, watching as dress after dress scrolled by. Some were hard to look at without wincing. Apparently, ruffled cotton balls never went out of style.

“Let’s try a different website.” Rhonda tapped away at the keys. “How about you and Logan. Any wedding plans.”

Claire spat out her mouthful of coffee, barely missing the computer.

“Why in the world would you ask that?”

Rhonda handed her a napkin.

“You’ve been here for quite a while.”

“Four months,” Claire said. “That isn’t very long.”

“You knew each other from before, right?”

“Right.”

Claire hated to lie. The story was one they settled on before she got to know Rhonda. Keeping the secret was Logan’s decision – one Claire respected. The day might come when she could come clean to her new friend. This wasn’t that day.

“A blind man could see how things are between the two of you.”

“How are they?” Claire was curious what Rhonda saw.

“You fit. He’s back to the Logan we all knew in high school.”

“That isn’t all on me, Rhonda. Logan wanted to pull out of his funk.”

“But he didn’t know how until you came to Denville.” Rhonda’s earnest expression made Claire a little uncomfortable.

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