Wedding Dress Blues

Ellie picked the phone up; she was a bit nervous about calling Veronica. Jasper hadn't said anything other than that; she suddenly received a call and had to dash off. Ellie hoped everything was ok, and that Gracie was fine. Knowing Veronica, though, she must have come for a reason, that woman didn't do anything by halves.

Ellie pressed Veronica's name and waited for her to answer.

"Yes, Ellie?" Veronica's voice sounded sharp as if Ellie had done something wrong.

"Roni, are you ok? Jasper said, you had a call and had to dash off. I hope everything is alright? Is Gracie ok?"

There was a few seconds of silence while Veronica registered that Jasper had kept his mouth shut about her demands. Did she wonder why? Indeed if she was him, the first thing he would have told Ellie was that her sister in law was a demanding bitch.

"I'm fine, er… yeah sorry I had to go, it was nothing important, and Gracie is fine."

"Oh, that's good," Ellie said, feeling rel