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“Not if you already have the venue,” her ly sweet smile and a wicked sparkle in her eye

Rachel reached over, took her ne frolass Her mother rolled her eyes and set it on the delicate table beside her “Was that necessary?”

“Oh, you have no idea,” Rachel replied She was beginning to think there wasn’t enough alcohol in London to get her through this shopping trip

“Of course, you’ll be married at Talbot House,” Samantha said “Whichplanner we can use Music shouldn’t be a probleet Jonathan’s wife to play her cello, or I’h connections between us to attract someone with more celebrity appeal if that’s what you want And flowers can be sourced locally or froardens” Her eyebroent up “What else is there?”

“Uh, a license? Sos? Harvard’s faet used to the idea? Only last week, the wedding had been fake, and that had only changed a few days earlier Surely, she could be afforded a minute to let that sink in

“We can use the ballroom at the house for the reception” Her mother looked over at Sa in theother than cello h Isn’t Elton free?”

“He’s on tour, Aunt Fran”

“Elton who?” Harvard’s voice cah the curtain “Elton John?”

“Of course, Elton John,” Sahtfully…ordinary, isn’t he? You are so lucky”

“I know” Rachel narrowed her eyes at her cousin “And he’s taken We talked about this, remember?”

Sarinned widely “What happened to that pinky pro?”

“That was only because you wanted to get your grubby little hands on h you” She’d been ten, and Sa at Sam’s family home, and Rachel learned the hard way never to make pinky promises with her cousin

“How about this one?” Samantha held up a dress that had more lace than a curtain in a council flat

“It looks like so into the firing guns of the Confederate Army”

There was a loud roan “Scarlett was on the side of the Confederacy She would have run into the guns of the Union soldiers Our kids are gonna grow up ignorant”