Chapter 15

Blair sat at her desk, worried about how she was going to explain to her family about her broken engagement. Her sisters would standby her no matter what she did. She wasn’t sure how Sutton would feel about her moving in with Roman after what she went through with Luca in Europe. If only she had his full name, she would ring that asshole and give him a piece of her mind. But other than his first name, Sutton had shared very little. She and Keira didn’t push for details. She saw the shadows in Sutton’s eyes every time someone mentioned the father of her baby.

Her mobile on her desk started to ring. She looked down to see it was auntie Viv. Shit..

Taking a deep breath, Blair picked it up before pressing the answer button. “Hi auntie Viv.” She waited for her aunt to speak first. Blair didn’t know if Laura or Dan had said anything yet and would wait until her aunt spoke first. It was a good tactic Roman used, say little until you had all the information.

“Oh Blair, I’m so glad you answered the phone. I was just talking to Father Johnson at church and they have an opening for Saturday in four months time, I have asked him to hold it for you, all you need to do is ring him to confirm and pay the deposit because the next available date isn’t for seven months.”

So her aunt hadn’t been told yet about the change in plans. “That won’t be necessary.”

“Don’t be silly girl, this is perfect. True, extra time would be better, but you have delayed this wedding long enough.” Auntie Viv was more excited about her marrying into Dan’s family than she was. Her aunt had been pushing for them to set a date for ages. Dan’s family was one of the founding fathers and had a lot of pull within the town. Granted, they didn’t have the millions they once did, but they were not poor either.

Viv and Peter Warner had money by the bucket load but no influence or standing within the town, much to auntie Viy’s disgust. Her aunt wanted the connection to Dan’s family through marriage. Bloody old fashion thinking, but some towns still worked on that social standing.

“The wedding is off, auntie Viv.” Blair went for the direct approach, even though she still hadn’t told her sisters. Deciding she needed to do that asap.

“What?” There was a shriek from the older woman.

“The wedding is off.” Blair repeated. “It’s no longer going to happen.”

“Don’t be silly. Have you got some silly ideas in your head again? You need to sort it out.” The older woman demanded. Like she had the right to tell Blair who she had to marry. This wasn’t the middle ages.

“Auntie Viv, I will not be sorting anything out with Dan. There will be no wedding.”

“But you can’t. No, no, that isn’t good enough, Blair. You’re as bad as your slut of a sister….”

“Now you hold it right there. I promise you, if you keep going with that line of insult, you will regret it soon.” She was thinking of Laura being pregnant. Not only that, but she refused to hear another bad word about her beautiful, loving sister Sutton.

“Don’t you dare talk to me like that? You ungrateful girl. I raised you all, taking you in after your parents died. You owe me and you will fix things between you and Dan. The wedding will happen in four months‘ time.”

“Then you better find someone else for the job, Viv, because I will not be marrying him.” Blair was sick of hearing about how if it wasn’t for her aunt and uncle, she and her sisters would have ended up in the system and they should be grateful. It had been a broken record for the last ten years. Blair rolled

her eyes.

They had been put out to work as soon as the law allowed. Laura had never been made to do the same. Blair had worked at the town diner after school and weekends, Sutton at the post office and Keira had worked at the town chicken farm and still couldn’t eat chicken to this day. Their aunt and uncle had taken half their wages for board and lodgings. The girls still had to pay for their own school uniforms or anything else needed at school.

That didn’t include the household chores they had done, while Laura had every expense paid for and never lifted a duster.

Things had only become easier for her and Keira after Sutton had started working as a model in Europe. Sutton had set up bank accounts for them both, for them alone that their aunt and uncle hadn’t known about.

“I will call Dan. Get this all smoothed over in no time. I’m sure it’s just some silly misunderstanding.” Auntie Viv said.

Chapter 15

Blair rubbed a hand over her forehead. She wasn’t getting through to her aunt. “Listen auntie Viv, I’m at work. I really

need to go.

I will see you this weekend for Sunday dinner.” She said before she could ring off.

They were expected to travel to their hometown once a month for church and lunch afterwards. Where they would often listen to their shortcomings by their aunt and uncle. Blair had had an easier time of it since she had become engaged to the town’s most eligible bachelor. Now that was over, so was the reprieve.

“We will talk about this face to face,” Auntie Viv said.

Blair felt like telling her aunt what she had walked in on only yesterday. Wow, so much had happened in the last 24 hours. It felt like weeks ago.

She had two days before she had to face her aunt. “Fine.” She really hoped that Dan and Laura came cleart before Sunday, she thought as she hung up

the phone.

Blair wondered about the spin her aunt was going to put on it when the truth came out. But it wouldn’t be her delivering the message to her aunt. She wasn’t even sure that Dan knew Laura was pregnant yet. It was a mess she wanted no part of.