Chapter 69 - Today is the Day

Kylie - Several months later

It was my wedding day. Dad and Roberta's house was tastefully decorated. Flowers adorned tables and a large banner with our names lined one wall. They moved furniture around inside the house to make room for all the people that would attend the after-party. Roberta had gone out of her way to accommodate my desire for the perfect, if small, wedding. The ceremony was taking place in the backyard. She and I had months to plant flowers and build an arch that we had decorated with fake ivy and twinkling lights that would sparkle. We rented chairs, a huge white tent, and a champagne-colored runner ran down the middle aisle that went towards the arch.

Even though I fought the issue, I let Roberta talk me into letting my mother help. She wanted be involved and came down several times during our planning phase. Granted all she did was throw money at us and run back home to her fake friends and garden parties. At least she finally seemed happy with her life. She was