Chapter 6 Skip's Last Gift

Chapter 5 The Broke Home

  "Beau!  Away from there before ye fall in.  'Tis bad 'nough ye knocked over the mop bucket."

Chapter 4 Always On My Mind

  Darren Dreamer had wandered the art museum.  He liked to go here.  He liked it very much.  But it brought him right back to the thoughts he had been trying to avoid.

Chapter 3 Maybe It Was All Just a Dream

  Princess Cassandra?  Before my house?  Standing near my trash...

Chapter 2 Lord Daniel Pleasant

  Lady Mary-Sue had been spending a lot of time with Princess Cassandra.  Given the failed wedding, and that the princess is his wife's closest friend, Lord Daniel Pleasant expected nothing less.  He was greatly pleased.  One might think this is because his wife is so kind hearted, or that through her he has connections with the royal family.  Lord Daniel has a better reason, and here she comes now.

Chapter 1 Princess Cassandra's Wedding

  It does not matter that he is a merchant man, Mortimer reminded himself, again.  It matters only that Cassandra wants to marry him - and that she will not be an old maid.  Mostly that she will not be an old maid.  Maybe this is not a good idea.  Of course it is not a good idea.  A father should choose his daughter's husband.  But how could I possibly say no when she asked me with her Bella eyes?  Bella.

  I cannot escape a wedding without thinking of Bella.  As if I could pass a single day without thinking of her.  I told Cassandra not to invite her.  She won't come.  Stolen by fairies she was!  Cassandra disagrees.  She thinks her mother is lost and confused.  She would be an old woman by now.  I see her when I look at Cassandra, but the girl is more like me, keeping to herself, falling in love with the first person to show a flicker of interest.  She will be crushed when her mother does not show.  So will I.