The Best Friend (Sister Series, #3) by Davis Leanne

Author:Davis, Leanne [Davis, Leanne]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Leanne Davis
Published: 2014-04-28T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

“So, how was it?” Gretchen asked as she opened the door for Tracy.

Tracy rolled her eyes. “As you’d imagine. Just like the other three.” Gretchen did not attend Vickie’s fourth bachelorette party. She simply could not do another one. It was the same girls, all of Vickie’s friends, whom she collected from her menagerie of jobs and living situations. Gretchen, luckily, had Olivia over, who gave her the perfect excuse.

Tracy and Gretchen were doing the centerpieces for the reception tables. They were candles adorned with candy canes and holly all around them, in line with the season. And they also landed the job of putting it all together, as Vickie had last minute fittings and appointments. Their mother shamed them into it with guilt, so here they were, a few days before Christmas putting the centerpieces together.

“Do you think there is any hope for this wedding?” Gretchen asked her sister.

Tracy bit her lip and her smile finally stretched around her teeth. “I think Donny is a really nice, stable man; and I just have to wonder, when was that ever Vickie’s taste? I think she got pregnant and is now reaping the unforeseen rewards.”

“Do you think she meant to?”

“She claims not to have, but I think so. I think she loves falling in love. I think it scares her to be alone, which is why she falls in love. I don’t know if she’s ever actually been there though. It’s sad, really. And unlike most girls who shuffle through men like Vickie does, she invariably chooses the nice guys, and never the bad boys. I think she inevitably leaves them because they’re not the kind of man she wants, or the kind she can relate to. Ultimately, I think she leaves them before they wind up leaving her. As we both know, she is impossible to live with, day in and day out. They all eventually discover that… which must be why she always does something horrible and leaves them behind, before she gets left behind.”

Gretchen set down the candy cane she was positioning in the fake poinsettia arrangement. With her mouth open, she stared at Tracy in obvious surprise. “Wow, since when did you become the psychologist? You know what? You’re right. About this. And about Vickie. About what inevitably happens.”

Tracy nodded as she popped one of the candy cane bites into her mouth. She had long, straight, red hair and unusual, gray-hued eyes. Her coloring was a stark contrast to Gretchen and Vickie, who appeared strikingly similar. “I have too much time on my hands to think about it. Micah’s been working a lot lately.”

“As always.” Gretchen corrected her. Micah McKinley perpetually worked long hours. He had eighty-hour work weeks sometimes, and was employed at an investment firm. Being smart and focused, he always managed to provide Tracy and their two daughters with an upscale, solid lifestyle.

Tracy grimaced. “Yes, okay, as always. The weekends, especially. So when Vickie called me to do this or that for the wedding, I agreed.

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