Chapter 5
Bruce and Julia wasted no time with their nuptials. It meant another trip to Calgary, but was so worth the travel. Uncle Stan saw their marriage. He passed shortly after, and we all dressed in our flamboyant outfits at his funeral. Brendan took his father’s passing stoically for the crowd of mourners, but I knew how difficult it was for him on the inside.
I hugged him tightly and whispered that there was no logical reason he should carry the sorrow of his loss on his own. Mentioning the hunky bartender at Backlot, I pointed out the sparkle in his eye whenever Brendan was nearby. I informed him it has now become my life’s mission to pair him up with his soulmate. It would be my atonement for a foolish assumption about him and Luke previously. He promised to visit us often, and I
