"She's coming to the wedding," Sarah said as she hug up
the phone, astonished.
She and Dante had finally come up for air on Sunday,
and Sarah had listened to her message, knowing she had to
return her mother's call. Elaine Baxter had called five times.
Sarah had finally picked up the phone to call her back,
dreading the conversation.
She couldn't say that her mother had actually been ec-
static about the fact that Sarah wasn't marrying a Mensa
candidate, but she'd actually agreed to attend her wedding
to Dante.
After Sarah had firmly told her mother that she loved
Dante, and that she was marrying him, Elaine Baxter had
broken own and told Sarah how much she had loved her
husband, Sarah's father, and how badly it had hurt to lose
him so young. The conversation had still been stilted, but
it was the first time her mother had really told Sarah that
she'd loved her father.
"Is her coming to the wedding a good or bad thing?"
Dante asked carefully, seated on the couch with Coco in his
lap.
Sarah explained the phone call to Dante. "It's strange,
but she almost sounded . . happy when she was talking
about my father. She's rarely mentioned him over the years.
Maybe it was too painful."
"Are you happy she's coming?" Dante dropped Coco
gently to the floor and sweet Sarah into his lip.
"Yes. She might never change much, but she's my only
family. She was never actually abusive. She was just so fo-
used on my education that nothing else ever mattered. I
think she thought she was doing the right thing by focus-
ing only on my education." Elaine Baxter was never going
to be a warm and fuzzy mother, but her mom. "At
least I won't have to worry about her trying to marry me off
anymore."
"Damn right you won't, Dante rasped. "You're mine
now. We're going shopping for your ring tomorrow.'
Sarah rested her head against Dante's shoulder with a
smile. "She wanted to know when we're getting married
and what your IQ is."
"Next week," Dante said emphatically. "And I've never
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