Shattered Part II (complete) ✔️

Shattered Part II - 96

Kat enters the room holding a garment bag in her hands. She walks over to my bed. "Chad told us what's going on. He was able to get a priest at short notice to marry you. He will be here in an hour. That's how long I have to get you ready."

Mom looks over from her bed. "Can you call Mariana? I want her to be the one taking photo's of the wedding. She will do it for free."

Grabbing my phone from my bag I go through the contact until I find Mariana's number. I press call and it takes a minute before she picks up.

Mariana: Hello, this is Mariana.

Me: Hey, Mariana. It's Eliza Donoghue.

Mariana: Oh, how are you?

Me: I'm getting married today and I was hoping that you'd take photos for me.

Mariana: I'm sorry. I won't be able to do it. Tell your Mom that I will see her over the weekend.

Kat takes the phone from me.

Kat: Mariana, it's Kat. Mom won't be around on the weekend.

I love it when my sister takes control like she is right now.

Mariana: Yes, she will be. I spoke to her last night.

Kat: Eliza, gave birth today and Mom collapsed. She doesn't have much time. My sister is getting married while Mom is still with us.

Mariana: Oh, give me a couple of minutes and I'll organise something for my Grandchildren to do while I come to the hospital.

Kat: Great, I'll send you the address. See you soon.

Mariana: Bye,

Kat ends the call and then sends the address to Mariana. She looks at me. "Have a shower and then we'll get you all dolled up."

"What about your dress? You need to be wearing one as well. You're my maid of honour."

A smile spreads across her face. "It's with Seb. He's getting his tux as well because he's the best man."

Of course he would be the best man. After all they are Best friends.

Standing up I grab the overnight bag and head to the bathroom. Closing the door I lock it before stripping off my clothes and stepping onto the shower.  I adjust the water to the temperature I like, which is slightly hotter than normal. I like my skin turning red from the right amount of water.

I pick up the shampoo and wash my hair. Then rinse it off and put conditioner in my hair. While the conditioner does it's job I was my body. Then rinse off.

Turning the tap off I step out of the shower and dry myself off. Once I'm dried I put the white matching underwear on and open the door. "Kat, can you come in here?"

"I'll be right in." She grabs her purse and walks into the bathroom. "Sit on the chair and I'll do your make-up and hair."

Sitting on the chair I watch as Kat pulls out different stuff and places it on the sink. First she puts foundation on my face. Followed by eyeliner. She gives it a smokey look.

It doesn't take long until she's finished applying the make-up and I see the end result, which makes me smile. "Thanks, Kat. I look..."

"Beautiful," she whispers. "Now, I'm going to do your hair. It won't take too long for me to do that.

Ding, my phone goes off and I look at it. I see 'Chad' appear on the screen.

Chad: The priest will be here in an hour.

Me: Okay, I want Aspen placed close to Mom while we get married. She should be with us when we say 'I do.'

Chad: I'll make sure that happens. Let me know when you leave the room. I'll set things up the way you'd like.

Me: I will. Talk soon.

Kat looks at the phone and then looks at me in the mirror. "Was that lover-boy? What did he want?"

"He told me that priest will be here in an hour and then he's going to set up the room for the wedding."

"Aw, isn't he sweet. He's also got a surprise for you, but you'll be seeing that when you walk down the aisle."

Of course he's sweet.

It takes half an hour until Kat finishes doing my hair. She's blow dried it, curled it, leaving it down my back and shaping my face. "Thanks, Kat. We should get out of here so Chad can set the room up."

Kat steps aside and opens the door. She looks over at Mom and says. "Here's Liz."

Stepping out of the room I see Mom sit up in the bed and she smiles. "You look beautiful." Picking up the garment bag I pull out the white dress and put it on.

The dress is white with some diamonds on it. It has a slit up the leg. The back had spaghetti straps at the back and thin straps over the shoulder.

This was the dress from my wedding book. How did they find it?

"I kept the book, Liz. I knew one day you would use some of the ideas from it. When you do have the wedding make it big."

"I will. Thanks for giving him the book and the dress fits perfectly." Walking over to Mom I kiss her cheek. "I'll see you soon. Kat and I need to wait somewhere so chad can fix the room.

Kat and I walk out the door. Pulling my phone out of my bag I quickly send Chad a message.

Me: We've left the room. See you soon. xxx

Chad: Yes, you will. xxx

Nina and Chloe are sitting on some chairs in the middle of the waiting room. Sitting close to them is Jasper and Dylan. They look up as we head towards them.

Kat grabs my hand. "Do you want to talk to them? Or should we just ignore them?"

"Ignoring them isn't an option. They've seen me in the dress. Also, I think Mom would like for them to be apart of this. Getting married today is for Mom. I don't have to invite them to the other one."

"Good point. She would like for all of us to be in the same room together. I think Chloe, Jasper and Dylan should give you a real apology and not the rehearsed bullshit they tried to give you months ago."

"That's not going to happen and I'm not going to hold my breath for it."

"Kat, Eliza." Jasper stands up and walks over to us. "How's Mom doing? Can we see her? No-one is telling us what's going on."

"Mom is okay," Kat says. "She wants to see Eliza get married. Right now the room that Mom is in is getting decorated. You can see her during the wedding."

"Really?" Dylan asks. "I thought you'd keep us away from Mom. After the way we've treated you I wouldn't blame you, Eliza."

Looking at my siblings I say. "We're family. I also have no ill will towards you. And not allowing you to see Mom isn't an option in my books. Go and see her. She's in room 1011. It's a private suite. One that Chad got for me. My daughter might be asleep so be quiet."

"We will." All four of the run towards Mom's room.