Along Came You by Olivia Miles

Author:Olivia Miles [Miles, Olivia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Rosewood Press
Published: 2018-01-07T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Margo had asked for a meeting on Friday morning, and with only a bit of trepidation, Bridget agreed. The wedding was quickly approaching, and she felt lucky to have reserved one large tent and enough to house the fifty-guest figure Margo had mentioned on such short notice. Hopefully it would force Margo to stick to that number.

Abby was already sitting with Margo at their favorite corner table at Angie’s Café, sipping coffee and pointing excitedly to something on her notepad. Margo looked up as Bridget approached with a look of amusement. “Abby’s already planned the menu.”

Bridget felt something in her stomach knot. She knew that Abby was excited about this. Now. But there was no predicting how she’d feel in a week or two. Bridget would feel a lot better about Margo’s wedding if they were hiring outside caterers.

“Are you sure you want to take this on, Abby?” she said, as she sat down. “It’s your sister’s wedding. Don’t you want to be a guest, not work the event?”

“You’ll be working the event,” Abby countered.

“Yes, but most of the work I’ll be doing is in preparation for the wedding. By the time it starts, the job will really shift to the catering.” And if Abby was handling that, no doubt, Bridget would have to pitch in, too.

“Not necessarily,” Abby said. “I’ve come up with an idea for heavy hors d’oeuvres by station. Everything could be set up in advance, and since the weather is still mild, we won’t have to worry about anything spoiling.”

Bridget glanced at Margo, who seemed surprisingly on board with this suggestion, and looked at the notes Abby had on the table. She had to agree that this was a good idea—in theory.

She looked up at Margo. “It’s your decision. Your big day.”

“Abby did a great job with the Carrington wedding,” Margo said. She grinned. “If you want to take this on, Abby, I won’t stop you. God knows it will save a lot of money!”

True, all true. Still, Margo didn’t see the sides of Abby that Bridget did. She had been living her own life in South Carolina, unaware of the endless stream of bad choices their youngest sister had made over the years, hopping from one job to the next, living day by day, without a plan.

Bridget literally tensed at the thought of it.

“Angie is going to make the cake,” Margo announced, to Bridget’s relief. “And for the dress…” Here she turned to them both, her eyes wide and a little hesitant. “I was wondering how you both felt about me maybe wearing Mom’s dress.”

Mom’s dress. Bridget had almost forgotten it, and the endless afternoons that she and her sisters would spend in the attic as children, dressing up and standing before the full-length mirror, each taking a turn to play bride while the others were given roles like maid of honor or, often times for Abby, flower girl.

Their mother’s dress was a classic. White satin with capped sleeves and a sweetheart neckline with a bodice that pinched at the waist and then flared out into a ball gown.

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