Cold Feet

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?”

the door closed behind me. “No,

wish. I assume you know why

I don’t reply.

of the story

and bridesmaid says it

you deny using a Wedding

have seen memes all over social media already with people making their own interpretation of a Wedding Whisperer. I just don’t want to

or cold feet. I must admit it was a

say that based on what? How many times has the Wedding

asks seizing on my reply. Before I can say anything she continues, “And how many times have you used a Wedding Whisperer and the marriage has ended in

don’t bother trying

still counting,” Dana smiles. “Calls are still coming in, and they are all, I repeat, all, crying for blood. The common thing they all tell us is

say nothing as I stare back at

greedy, gold digging, money hungry wedding planner only interested in making money and having a track record as one of the best wedding planners in the game? And as your reputation has grown so have your fees. Do you not have

speak. I’m afraid that if I say something I will cry and appear weak on national television. I

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