The band had carried away the last of their instruments, and now all that was left behind of Lex and Christina’s reception was a few family members, the mess and plenty of fond memories.Weary, but very contented, Geraldine wandered through the empty tables piled high with leftover food, dirty plates and champagne glasses. She’d just seen her last child married, and though she expected some mothers would be feeling a bit melancholy, she wasn’t. Her prayers had finally been answered. Lex had found and married the love of his life.Pausing at the end of one of the tables, she looked toward the arbor, where Nicci and Mercedes were sitting in lawn chairs, visiting with their cousins. It hadn’t taken long for carpenters to repair the fire damage to the house, but it would take the honeysuckle much longer to grow back, and she hated that.“Looks as bare as a newborn’s butt, don’t it?”Geraldine looked toward the voice to see Cook sitting alone beneath the branch of a live oak. The older woman was all dressed up in red silk and black high heels, and her long hair was wound in an elaborate chignon at the back of her head.
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