Wanted: Family (Silverpines Series Book 20) by McVey George H

Author:McVey, George H [McVey, George H]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2019-01-20T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

Carol stood looking at the clothes she’d brought with her trying to decide which dress to wear for her wedding. She’d worn her best dress yesterday, but it was covered in soot from the train and she wanted to look good for Ian at their wedding. She was still trying to decide when there came a knock on her door. She opened it to see Miss Ethel standing there with a long white box. “Carol, my dear, I hope you don’t think this too out of line. You see, my sister and I bought each of the girls of marriageable age in our house a dress when Ella Grace got married. I just thought with everything you’d been through you probably hadn’t brought a wedding gown. You and Cindy Lou seem to be about the same size, so with her permission I brought this for you. I’ll get her another one after her young man proposes.” She handed the box to Carol.

Carol laid the box on the bed and opened it to see a cream colored gown with pink and gold flowers covering it. Half sleeves and a neckline that showed a hint of cleavage while still being modest. There was a pink sash to tie at the waist. A tear slipped down Carol’s cheek. She’d been married to Carl in a day dress because he hadn’t wanted to spend money on a dress she couldn’t use again. Here was a relative stranger she’d known for less than a day who had offered her a lovely wedding gown. “Are you sure, Miss Ethel? I mean if you bought this for one of your orphans, shouldn’t you save it for her?”

Ethel patted her hand. “I’m sure. Why I saw the way Mister MacGregor looked at you. I want you to take his breath away when you walk into the church today. I can easily get Cindy Lou another dress. This one is perfect for you. Now put it on and Katie will be up to help you with your hair in a few minutes. The twins are dressing your son and plan to keep him busy until time to go. Then I’ll take care of him until after your wedding.”

Carol hugged the other woman. “Thank you. You’ve become a friend already and I am so grateful for everything you’ve done for me.”

“Oh my dear, we are a town full of women who’ve had to pull together to survive this year. You are cut from the same mold as us and you’ll be welcomed as such. Now don’t cry, you don’t want to walk down the aisle with puffy red eyes.”

They got her into the dress and were just finishing buttoning up all the little pearl buttons when Katie walked in. “Oh! Carol, you look lovely. Mister MacGregor won’t be able to take his eyes off you.”

They talked some more as Katie did up her hair and then there was nothing left to do but head down to the church. As soon as Ethel called all the girls together to go, Carol’s nerves went into overdrive.

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