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“She’s hungry, little Mama and I don’t have the equipment.”
Aimee laughed. “Hand her over. I have a minute to nurse her.”
I’d been so touched when Aimee said they wanted to name her Dharma. It meant some little part of her lived on. I didn’t believe in fate or superstition, but Aimee’s Dharma reminded me of my own in ways I couldn’t even explain.
“I’m loving this one wedding a year thing,” Wendy said, smoothing down the deep velvet purple of her dress. “I get these dresses hemmed and they’re perfect for a night on the town!”
“Yes, because we have so many of those,” Carrie said with a smirk.
“We would, if you weren’t such a homebody.” Wendy poked her.
“We were just talking about the girls who crashed my wedding, Mom,” Aimee said, changing the subject.
“Oh what a disaster that was.” Mrs. Wells shook her head. “Well that won’t happen here!”
“No way.” Carrie shook her head. “Not even possible.”
“It’s time.” Debra stuck her head in, smiling at me. “You are just the most beautiful bride I’ve ever seen.”
“Thanks.” I smiled. “I hope he thinks so.”
“He already does.” Aimee said, standing up. Dharma had clearly decided she just wanted a little snack. “Ready?”
I took a deep breath, picking up my bouquet of freesia and lavender and daisies, and stepped outside of the tent. The wind up here was strong and I reached for my veil.
“I got it.” Debra secured a few more pins. “If you’re going to have a wedding at the top of a mountain in Greece, you have to be ready with extra bobby pins.”
“Thanks.” I leaned over and kissed her cheek. She was the closest thing I had to a mother and I couldn’t have asked for better.
“I’m here, I’m here!” Chrissy ran out of one of the tents set up for guests wearing her bridesmaids dress and matching heels. “Am I late?”
“You just made it.” Deb laughed.
“Okay girls, let’s line up,” Mrs. Wells directed. “Sara, you start over there.”
I turned and saw John, clean-shaven, his hair still short—he’d decided he liked it—standing next to Ben. They both looked incredibly handsome in their tuxes and they both smiled back at me as I approached.
Dale Diamond was waiting for me at the top of the world, in a gazebo we had actually paid someone to build. They had to bring up the pieces, they told me, by donkey. I didn’t ask how that worked, exactly, but the gazebo was there and Dale was in it.
Today was our day. Dale was waiting for me. And I had two men who loved me, two men I proudly called, “Dad,” to walk me down the aisle.
I really was the luckiest girl in the world.
o;Your father loves you.” Tyler pointed out into the audience.
The camera zoomed in on John. He looked so different without the beard and all his long hair! I wouldn’t have recognized him. I frowned, something clenching in my belly as I looked at his face filling the screen. I had a moment of déjà vu or more like a sudden flash of memory or recognition.
“That’s your father, Dale.” Tyler he said. “I know you love your mother and you want to protect her too. But everything I’ve said here today is the truth". And your father knows it.”
I saw John nodding, his eyes locked on his son, sitting on stage.
Dale frowned, looking from John to Tyler and back again.
“We need to take a break,” Sidney Clare announced. “Stay tuned for more on this fascinating family celebrity drama.”
Is that what it was? Fascinating celebrity drama?
As soon as the cameras cut off I ran onto the stage. As I predicted, the crew didn’t even notice me until I did.
