"Andrews, V C - The Casteels 03 - Fallen Hearts" - читать интересную книгу автора (Andrews V.C)

divorce from "Old man Mallory," the gossip was about her flirtatious
involvement with a much younger man, Randall Wilcox, the lawyer's son.
Randall was only eighteen years old, a first-year college student, and
Fanny was a divorced woman of twenty-two.

The week after our engagement was announced, I drove up to the house
Fanny had bought with old Mallory's money - a house high on a hill,
painted a gaudy pink with red trim on the windows. I hadn't spoken to
Fanny in over a year, since she accused me of stealing everything that
was hers, when in reality it was she who had tried to pilfer everything
that was mine, especially Logan.

"Well, what a surprise this is," she proclaimed in an overly dramatic
fashion when she opened the door. "Miss Heaven herself come ta visit her
po" white trash sista."

"I'm not here to fight with you, Fanny. I'm too happy for you to make
me angry about anything."

"Oh?"

She sat down on her couch quickly, her interest seized.

"Logan and I are going to be married in June."

"Is that so?" Fanny drawled, her entire posture. collapsing in
disappointment.

Why couldn't she be happy for me for once? Why couldn't we be real
sisters and care for each other?

"you knew we had been seeing each other again."

"How would I know anythin"? Yet hardly eva here and we hardly eva talk
ta one anotha."

"you know what goes on in Winnerow, Fanny. Anyway, I would like you to
be my maid of honor."

"Really?" Her eyes lit up on that. Then I saw the old spiteful fire
return to Fanny's eye. "I just can't say yet, Heaven darling". I got a
full schedule of ma own. What date exactly is your weddin" gonna be?"

I told her.

"Well" - Fanny pretended to think about it - "I had plans for that
weekend, you know ma new man likes ta take me lots of places - ta
college dances and such. But maybe I can change ma plans. Is it gonna
be a faincy weddin"?"