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Chapter Forty
Agatha wouldn’t tellhim what the plan was, but he called his mom and family and requested that they come to Agatha’s house and meet his fiancée and daughter. Since he hadn’t actually talked to his sister or brother the night of the party, and Agatha hadn’t at all, they were very eager to meet Agatha. His mom once again declined the offer. Once again, he didn’t care. If she wouldn’t make time for his family, he didn’t need her in his family.
Within an hour, the house was completely full, with his family and Agatha’s family there. Agatha and Cliff began immediately arguing in the backyard for a few minutes. When he asked about it later, Cliff had said it had been about property lines. But that had been when Carter and his wife had arrived, so he had to leave them to fight it out. He was sure that Agatha was winning the fight anyway.
Wearing a white “LUN” shirt, Agatha carried Poppy through the crowd. The little girl was in a frilly little dress in sunburst, not orange, or so he had been told.
Harper and Kaine came into the house, both carrying pans of something that smelled amazing. “Okay, Ag, we’re having chicken and pork chops because I didn’t have enough of the dish you were looking for. Luce is bringing the sides and desserts. P.S., there will be a bill for this. A very, very large bill.”
“Just give it to Sera; she’s paying,” Agatha said to her sister and smiled a thank-you at her brother-in-law.
“Why am I paying? The mother of the bride does not pay for the rehearsal dinner,” Sera argued as she tried to bounce her son to sleep. Agatha handed Poppy to Chris and took the baby from her. “Don’t think I don’t know that this is just an elaborate way for you to get out of going dress shopping today.”
Yes, Agatha was supposed to have gone dress shopping after their amazing sex two days before, but Agatha had called in sick, and Sera had nearly cried on the phone. Then Agatha had admitted she just wanted some time with Chris, and her stepmom had given in, saying she would keep the baby for the rest of the day. Sera also hinted that her wedding dress might end up fitting Harper better than Agatha since her sister was trying them on for her. Dress shopping was happening no matter what.
“You caught me.” Agatha bumped her mom with her shoulder and winked. She was surprisingly happy to go with her stepmom after lunch was finished.
Heading over to his family, he handed off Poppy to his sister. The baby was always happy to go to strangers. As a father, maybe he should be a little concerned about that,but Chris decided not to be. Poppy was perfect.
Cliff rushed in the door with an old man who seemed angrier than anything. He looked around the room and groaned at all the people gathered.
Cliff whistled loudly, and half the women yelled at him not wake the babies.
Agatha jumped on the couch and announced, “Thank you, everyone, for coming today. Chris and I are happy we can spend this special day with the ones we love.”
“Special day?” Sera questioned from beside them.
Agatha turned to her and smiled. “We’re getting married.”
“Tomorrow,” Sera reminded her. She had been planning their wedding since the moment the engagement was announced, possibly before. Chris didn’t even know what all the woman had in store for them the next day. All he knew was that they needed to be at the cathedral at 10 a.m.
“Today,” Agatha corrected and jumped off the couch to stand by her mom. “Will you be a witness?”
“Of course, but it’s tomorrow. I still have a lot to do.” She smiled and tried to hug Agatha, who leaned away.
“Not this time. Just relax.” Agatha took her stepmom’s hand in hers.
Sera smiled and looked around the room. “But it’s tradition, Agatha. I plan the weddings, and you girls just go along with it. From it, you get a gorgeous wedding and memories to last a lifetime.” She stopped and then quickly added, “And a husband.”
Agatha pulled the woman into a hug. “It was all a lie, Sera.”
They were all married now, so there was no need to keep the truth from Sera anymore. It had always bothered her that Sera was never invited; she would have loved the late nights with little to no notice of what was happening. They had only kept it from her to spare her feelings since none of them wanted a big wedding. It was time to let the cat out of the bag.
“Agatha! Stop!” Harper yelled, though her next shout was muffled when her husband wrapped her into a hug and covered her mouth with his hand.
“Agatha, you snitch!” one of the twins shouted from behind him.
Agatha just kept hugging her stepmom and said, “Every one of them got married hours before the actual wedding. With only the family there. That’s how everyone wanted to get married.”
Agatha let Sera go and looked into her eyes. Even from across the room, he could tell the older woman was crying. Then her eyes darted to each of her married daughters and asked in a raspy voice, “Why wasn’t I there?”
“Because you were planning the big one,” Agatha said.
“But Maby and Cliff got married in the cathedral. It was gorgeous,” Sera pointed out with tears in her eyes at the memory.
“Actually, it happened in their apartment at two in the morning,” Buzz said from the corner of the couch, still pregnant and miserable.
“Harper and Kaine were married in their living room. It was a gorgeous day,” Sera tried again.
