Cold Feet novel Chapter 13

VIOLA

I hear Rick’s car start and heave a sigh of relief.

It’s been the morning I feared. Call after call from people threatening to sue me or just wanting to rant and blame the fact that they their marriages failed on me. Cancellation after cancellation has followed and I have watched my business being choked to death in a matter of hours.

I call an estate agent who regularly leaves pamphlets in my mailbox. The agency is proactive so I decide to get them in and explore having them list the house for sale.

They answer the phone promptly and I am soon put through to an agent who arranges to meet me at two pm. As I put the phone down, the doorbell rings. I wish I had a fence and gates in front of the property. Too late for that now, I think to myself as I open the door without checking who it is.

It’s the reporter from the television report.

She smiles superficially. I see the cameraman behind her. No doubt the camera is rolling already.

“Good morning Miss Hughes.”

“I’m Dana Rothschild,” she says. “Can we come in?”

I step outside and pull the door closed behind me. “No, you can’t. We can talk outside.”

She smirks. “As you wish. I assume you know why I’m here.”

I don’t reply.

“I wanted to get your side of the story on the wedding fiasco last night.”

“I think the video of the groom and bridesmaid says it all don’t you think?” I say.

Dana ignores me. “Do you deny using a Wedding Whisperer at the wedding yesterday?”

“I have no idea what a Wedding Whisperer is,” I say feigning ignorance for this term which I suspect Dana created and which has, much to my frustration gone viral. I have seen memes all over social media already with people making their own interpretation of a Wedding Whisperer. I just don’t want to give Dana the pleasure of feeling that she has created a title that has gone viral.

“The Wedding Whisperer, the person you used to coax the bride, or occasionally groom, into going ahead with the wedding despite their concerns or cold feet. I must admit it was a unique idea but it truly isn’t the best way to try and set yourself apart from or above other wedding planners as last night has proven.”