The Best Man's Bride
“The man’s booming voice startled Nick into fumbling the paint cans. They dropped with a clatter and rolled across the scarred wood floor of the old hardware store. Josh had insisted that Nick buy the remodeling supplies here instead of at the big-box lumber store on the outskirts of town. Something about small-town loyalties or some such nonsense. He hadn’t really been paying attention. Since meeting Colleen McClintock, he’d struggled to focus on anything else but her.
“Yeah, I found what I wan...t,” he assured the gray-haired shopkeeper. But he couldn’t have it. He couldn’t have her.
A gnarled finger precariously close to Nick’s face, the old man pointed at him. “You’re that guy. The one who’s with the other fella, from the city…”
“What?”
“You were in the wedding-that-wasn’t.”
“I was in the wedding party,” Nick admitted, thinking to himself that there’d been damn little to party about.
The shopkeeper shifted his hand away from Nick’s face and snapped his fingers.MoreLess
“Yeah, I found what I wan...t,” he assured the gray-haired shopkeeper. But he couldn’t have it. He couldn’t have her.
A gnarled finger precariously close to Nick’s face, the old man pointed at him. “You’re that guy. The one who’s with the other fella, from the city…”
“What?”
“You were in the wedding-that-wasn’t.”
“I was in the wedding party,” Nick admitted, thinking to himself that there’d been damn little to party about.
The shopkeeper shifted his hand away from Nick’s face and snapped his fingers.MoreLess
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