Amber appreciated that Karla had not gone hog wild with the bridesmaid requirements. In fact, there was no special bridesmaid dress each woman had to wear. She wanted the wedding to be more casual, more fun, more lively. So Amber got to wear what she wanted, as long as she didn’t upstage the cows. She wasn’t sure how anyone could outdo a cow wearing a tutu, but she had a pale pink dress that made her eyes stand out. It had wide straps across her shoulders, and she’d swept her hair up into a knot on the top of her head. She loved being in Karla’s small cabin with her and the other women, but she felt out of place now too. Jeri, Adele, Sissy and Scarlett had brought their babies, though they lay in playpens, asleep amid the ruckus the women made. After all, it took a lot of chatter to put

