Chapter 37

She could open up to Vivian, Sara thought. She desperately needed to open up to someone about her careless fling with Simon Hamilton or she was going to explode,

"You're right," Sara admitted, "We did have a fling… A one night stand as some people call it, but that was it. We're done now and he's not going to be my date to the wedding or anywhere else. If I don't get someone else to come with, I can attend the wedding alone. There's no rule that says that I can't, is there?"

Vivian shook her head in response.

And if Simon wanted to bring some woman to the wedding as his date, he was free to do so as it was none of her business, Sara thought, but the thought of seeing another woman in his arms made her want to burst into tears.

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Sara set the crystal tiara carefully over Vivian's topknot of dark curls, watching her reflection in the mirror to position this last piece of wedding finery with perfect precision.

"There!" she said with a