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?”
outside and pull the door closed behind me. “No,
“As you wish. I assume you know
I don’t reply.
your side of the story
think the video of the groom and bridesmaid says
“Do you deny using a Wedding Whisperer at
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
occasionally groom, into going ahead with the wedding despite their concerns or cold feet. I must admit it was a unique idea but it
on what? How many times has the Wedding Whisperer helped and the couples are still
asks seizing on my reply. Before I can say anything she continues, “And how many times have you
bother
all, I repeat, all, crying for blood. The
nothing as I
clients?” she asks. “Is it because you were afraid of looking like a greedy, gold digging, money hungry wedding planner only interested in making money and having a track record as
don’t trust myself to speak. I’m afraid that if I say something I will cry and appear weak on national television. I don’t think that’s a good idea. I reach
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