Chapter 15-Dorothy and Elijah
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When Dorothy Noah looked at herself in the full splendor of her wedding dress, she knew that she was no longer, her mother’s little girl.
You are my baby. She had heard those words from her first days on the planet.
With three older brothers, it wasn’t so hard to imagine why. Her mother had always wanted a girl. Daddy, too; but as the years went on they had assumed their time passed. The oldest- Lucas the daredevil had been killed before she was born. Her parents were crushed. They couldn’t think of more children. Then, miraculously, Dorothy came.
My baby,” she heard her mother exclaim from where she stood behind Dorothy.
“Oh, mom,” Dorothy sighed, but also smiled.
She continued to look at herself. She was beautiful. In her long, white, strapless dress, an avalanche of tulle, she shone like the most lovely and beautiful thing in the world. Elijah would be so happy with all the arrangements—in the hotel in Napa, the flowers, the last minute alteration to the dress, she thought the day would never actually come. But now it was almost here. Friday.
Ms. Perkins, the saleswoman at the sake, could only stand and admire.”you are gonna knock’ em dead sweetheart.”
Dorothy spun around, catching herself in every view of the three-paneled mirror. She grinned.” I will, won’t I?
Your father and I want you to have something,” her mother said.
She reached into her purse and pulled out a small suede jewelry pouch. In her diamond brooch, a four-carat oval on a string of pearls, passed on from her around her neck.
It’s gorgeous,” Dorothy gasped.” Oh mom.”
It was given to me on my wedding day,” her mother said.” It has brought me a beautiful life. Now it’s for you.”
Dorothy Noah stood there in the spell of a the mirror. The glorious dress, the diamond in the hollow of her throat.
She finally stopped off the alteration platform and hugged her mother.” I you you mom. You are the best.”
Now it’s complete,” her mother said, with a tear in her eye.
No, not quite,” said Ms. Noah. She ran into the back and hurriedly returned with a bouquet of flowers. Limitations, ales accessories, but at the moment they looked like the most resplendent blossoms in the world. She gave them to Dorothy, who stepped back into the platform, hugging them to herself. She saw her beaming smile reflected three times. They all stood back and admired.
“Now you are complete,” Ms. Perkins said
Standing nearby Saks, watching Dorothy model her stunning dress, Nelson Bush couldn’t have agreed more.
“Your big day is almost here.” He whispered softly. “ You look beautiful
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