Meant to Marry Me: Nashville Country Dreams Part 1 novel Chapter 37

The next morning, the women were asked to attend a brunch while the men were doing something else. Bree wasn’t sure what it was, but she had a feeling golf was involved. She didn’t even want to go, but Lilly had sent her a text before the brunch started, and she ended up saying she’d be there.

The pictures and video on her phone were burning a hole through it. She definitely didn’t want to watch the videos or study the pictures, but she also didn’t know what to do with them. If she told Trent they existed, he’d be so mad at Hank--he might never forgive him. That didn’t seem fair to Bree for some reason. Why it didn’t bother her as much that Hank had been fooling around with Trent’s fiancée as it did that she might mess up their friendship, she wasn’t sure. But she didn’t want to be the one to drive a wedge between them.

She was dying to tell someone, though. It couldn’t be Lilly. That was Monica’s sister. She considered calling Christy, but she’d already bothered her once with her wedding nightmare. As Bree finished up getting ready for the brunch, she thought if she didn’t say something to someone soon, she’d explode, and likely end up telling Trent.

Brunch was held at a quaint restaurant a few blocks away from the resort, in the same area that the club had been in, so Bree walked over there, enjoying the sunshine and the milder climate of the morning. The whole time, she had to convince herself she was doing the right thing. Monica was on her last nerve, and she desperately didn’t want to go at all, but she had promised Lilly she’d be there. The rehearsal dinner was that night, the wedding was the next day, and then she could be rid of all of these people if she wanted to. Including Trent.

But would she ever be completely rid of him? Even if he was married, would she be able to let him go? Especially if she knew that Monica was being unfaithful to him. What if she spent the next ten years waiting for them to get a divorce? That would be no way to live.

Bree decided to duck into the bathroom before she went to find the rest of her party in the restaurant, which looked like a Victorian tea party.

Seeing the sign for the restroom, she headed down the hallway and stopped. The door was slightly ajar, and she could hear Monica’s voice inside. She knew she shouldn’t be eavesdropping, but she couldn’t help it, especially when another voice mentioned “that singer.” It was Hannah, and obviously, she was talking about Bree.

“I mean, she’s got a pretty voice and all, but I could’ve sang myself if it wasn’t such a huge faux pas to sing at one’s own wedding,” Monica was saying.

“Still… doesn’t it bother you the way that she looks at Trent?” Clarice was asking. “I’d just wanna slap her little face.”

“Please,” Monica said with a laugh. “I’m not afraid of her. I bet she had a crush on him in high school or something, but I’m not worried about it. You know Trent is wrapped around my finger.”

“True,” Hannah agreed. “God! What if the song she’s singing at your wedding is written for Trent! Wouldn’t that be hilarious?”

Bree felt all of the blood drain from her face as Monica’s laughter grew louder. “That would be hilarious. How pathetic would that be?”

“Totally pathetic,” Hannah agreed.

With her legs shaking, from anger and embarrassment, Bree began to back down the hallway. She turned at the corner and headed out of the hall, back the way she came, almost colliding with Lilly. “Oh, good. You’re here. Thank God.”

“I’m sorry, Lilly. But I have to go,” Bree said, pushing past her.

“What? Why?” Lilly called after her. “Bree, are you okay?”

Bree didn’t stop to answer her. Instead, she headed outside and didn’t stop to think until she was back at her room. She shoved her key card into the door so hard it jammed and didn’t open. Frustrated, she pulled it out and tried again. It took three tries, but she finally got it open. By then, tears dampened her cheeks.

Dropping the key on a table by the door, Bree numbly walked over to the couch and dropped down. She now fully understood what it felt like to be bullied and picked on, something she’d never experienced before. Monica was a horrible person, and she didn’t deserve to be with someone as kind and loving as Trent. Even if Hank wanted to murder her, she had to find a way to tell Trent the truth.

With a deep breath, she raised her phone and dialed Trent’s number.