Maria Breedlove’s delight that her ‘son’ was finally getting married was evident in the lavish flowers and sumptuously catered buffet. The Breedloves had insisted on complying with tradition and hosting the party, even though they weren’t in actuality the groom’s parents. Bryan was for all intents and purposes an orphan though as far as he knew both his parents were still alive, but he’d lost contact with his father years ago and his mother was only interested in the next check he sent her. Maria had spared no expense, and the Maple Fork Country Club had never been decorated so lavishly. Between the rehearsal dinner and the wedding the following day, all the florists in town had been tapped out. Flowers were shipped in from as far away as New York City. With Callie’s encouragement, Bryan and B.T. had mended their breach. So any possibility of fireworks between the two had been averted. Unfortunately, no one had ever managed to negotiate a truce between Naysa and Twist, and they could be counted on to provide pyrotechnics on a moment’s notice.
