LIGHT AFTER DARK
The wheatear was perfect, the sun was shining, but her heart was heavy and dark.
There was an air of strong excitement in the household and from dawn overhead, the ceaseless racket of rotor blades as guests were flown in for the festivities. It was to be a very small wedding, Francine had explained.
Just relatives, her father’s closest business associates and executive staff, and of course Christophe’s friends. It was rather sad that she listed not one single person as a friend of her father’s.
Like someone in a dream, Lara let herself be fussed over and dressed. She was merely playing a part, she told herself repeatedly, just going through the expected motions to please everybody.
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