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went through the crowd.
“That’s my boy.” Scout came next, walking slowly, his joints stiff with arthritis. Harold had lost his position when he’d ruined his tux playing in a commode in the men’s restroom. Next came Pam’s sisters and then…nothing.
They waited and waited—the organist vamped and vamped—playing the expectant chord over and over again. Dum-dum-tah-dum. Dum-dum-tah-dum.
“What’s going on?” Trace asked.
“Hell, if I know.” Jase had lost his lackadaisical attitude. Now he just sounded worried.
When the doors opened in the back, Justice held his breath, thinking the bride was about to make an appearance—but it wasn’t. It was her mother.
“Pam’s changed her mind! She’s eloped. With another man!”
Then all hell broke loose.
* * *
“You made a beautiful bride.” Justice kissed Abby’s cheek. The last three hours had been mind-blowing. Pam had left Jase at the altar and his brother, bless his heart, had been gracious about it. As Sam was telling everyone that there would be a party anyway, even if there was no wedding, Cade Tallbull had bought himself a place in the Romantic Heroes Hall of Fame by proposing to Abby on the spot and inviting her to walk down the aisle and marry him—right there, right then.
And she had.
“Thank you. I’m so happy, I love him so much.”
Justice held his sister close, remembering the day she’d cried and told him that she could never marry, that Cade would never want her. “Do you need me to tell you ‘I told you so’?”
Abby snorted. “No, please don’t.”
“Be happy, baby sister, that’s all I ask.” They had come full circle. Justice wanted to feel happy, and he was elated for Abby and Cade, but he couldn’t help but wonder why his life couldn’t have been different.
“I will be. Cade will see to that.” Abby hugged him. “Did you meet his mother? He’s been looking for her for years. That’s why he was late, he went to pick her up. He’d left me a note, but the ceiling fan blew it off the dresser.”
“See, you worried for nothing.” He patted her back.
Abby pulled away a bit. “I heard Charlee’s coming home.”
Justice stiffened. “Yea, I heard that too. In fact, if you’ll excuse me, I think I’ll go and check that information out.” He hugged his sister long and hard. “Don’t leave on your honeymoon without saying goodbye.”
“I won’t, I don’t think we’re leaving today.” She giggled. “This has been so quick, I’m just trusting Cade.”
“Very wise. He loves you with all his heart.” Justice kissed her once more, then made his escape. He was able to slip out of the lake house and make it up to the main residence without anyone stopping him. Within minutes he was back in his comfortable jeans, shirt and boots. Setting his Stetson on his head, he pocketed his wallet and took off.
Curtiss Parker was about to get a visitor.
* * *
“I told you I don’t know anything, dammit!”
Justice clenched his fist. If the man hadn’t been instrumental in saving Abby’s life a few days ago, the temptation to knock him flat of his old ass would’ve been irresistible. “You’re telling me that you haven’t heard from Charlee? In eight years? Not even now that she’s coming home?”
The old man held his head in his hands. “How many times have I told you? She doesn’t call me. She just up and left, went back to where we found her.”
“And where is that?” He didn’t really expect an answer, he never had received one before, no matter how many times he’d asked.
“I don’t know. We dealt with damn lawyers. It’s been too long. The cheating bastard’s dead,” the old man yelled, getting up and walking to the fireplace. “If she’d wanted you to know where she was going, she would’ve told you. I guess she was running away from you as much as she was running away from me.”
Justice shook his head, not wanting to hear that. “So, why is she
“That’s my boy.” Scout came next, walking slowly, his joints stiff with arthritis. Harold had lost his position when he’d ruined his tux playing in a commode in the men’s restroom. Next came Pam’s sisters and then…nothing.
They waited and waited—the organist vamped and vamped—playing the expectant chord over and over again. Dum-dum-tah-dum. Dum-dum-tah-dum.
“What’s going on?” Trace asked.
“Hell, if I know.” Jase had lost his lackadaisical attitude. Now he just sounded worried.
When the doors opened in the back, Justice held his breath, thinking the bride was about to make an appearance—but it wasn’t. It was her mother.
“Pam’s changed her mind! She’s eloped. With another man!”
Then all hell broke loose.
* * *
“You made a beautiful bride.” Justice kissed Abby’s cheek. The last three hours had been mind-blowing. Pam had left Jase at the altar and his brother, bless his heart, had been gracious about it. As Sam was telling everyone that there would be a party anyway, even if there was no wedding, Cade Tallbull had bought himself a place in the Romantic Heroes Hall of Fame by proposing to Abby on the spot and inviting her to walk down the aisle and marry him—right there, right then.
And she had.
“Thank you. I’m so happy, I love him so much.”
Justice held his sister close, remembering the day she’d cried and told him that she could never marry, that Cade would never want her. “Do you need me to tell you ‘I told you so’?”
Abby snorted. “No, please don’t.”
“Be happy, baby sister, that’s all I ask.” They had come full circle. Justice wanted to feel happy, and he was elated for Abby and Cade, but he couldn’t help but wonder why his life couldn’t have been different.
“I will be. Cade will see to that.” Abby hugged him. “Did you meet his mother? He’s been looking for her for years. That’s why he was late, he went to pick her up. He’d left me a note, but the ceiling fan blew it off the dresser.”
“See, you worried for nothing.” He patted her back.
Abby pulled away a bit. “I heard Charlee’s coming home.”
Justice stiffened. “Yea, I heard that too. In fact, if you’ll excuse me, I think I’ll go and check that information out.” He hugged his sister long and hard. “Don’t leave on your honeymoon without saying goodbye.”
“I won’t, I don’t think we’re leaving today.” She giggled. “This has been so quick, I’m just trusting Cade.”
“Very wise. He loves you with all his heart.” Justice kissed her once more, then made his escape. He was able to slip out of the lake house and make it up to the main residence without anyone stopping him. Within minutes he was back in his comfortable jeans, shirt and boots. Setting his Stetson on his head, he pocketed his wallet and took off.
Curtiss Parker was about to get a visitor.
* * *
“I told you I don’t know anything, dammit!”
Justice clenched his fist. If the man hadn’t been instrumental in saving Abby’s life a few days ago, the temptation to knock him flat of his old ass would’ve been irresistible. “You’re telling me that you haven’t heard from Charlee? In eight years? Not even now that she’s coming home?”
The old man held his head in his hands. “How many times have I told you? She doesn’t call me. She just up and left, went back to where we found her.”
“And where is that?” He didn’t really expect an answer, he never had received one before, no matter how many times he’d asked.
“I don’t know. We dealt with damn lawyers. It’s been too long. The cheating bastard’s dead,” the old man yelled, getting up and walking to the fireplace. “If she’d wanted you to know where she was going, she would’ve told you. I guess she was running away from you as much as she was running away from me.”
Justice shook his head, not wanting to hear that. “So, why is she
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