CHAPTER 16
One week later, Rosalind stood in her bedroom as Julia laced her into her wedding gown. Soon it would be time to leave for the ceremony, and she was bursting with nervous excitement.
Julia smiled, but it wasn’t her customary friendly curving of the lips. She had worn a little secret grin for several days. Rosalind didn’t reveal that she had seen the seamstress in bed with her father. It wasn’t her business and she didn’t want to embarrass Julia.
With a deft movement of her hands, Julia tied the laces and deftly twitched the alignment to perfection.
“Oh,” Rosalind said uncomfortably, her hands fluttering around her bosom. “I think you took in the bodice too much. It feels very tight.”
Julia narrowed her eyes, puzzled. “Actually, I forgot to take in the bodice at all. Remembe
