Carly
This was the first time I’d hosted something as large as the dinner party Brad and I were throwing. We had six guests coming, so we would be eight in all. And I loved it. I loved playing house and getting everything ready. I loved cooking for so many people. Brad gave me free rein in his home, and it was so much fun.
I set up the dining room. Brad had an eight-seater table made of dark wood and polished until it gleamed. The chairs were the same dark wood with white suede seats. A matching buffet stood against the wall, and I set the table with wine red placemats. Silver charger plates were beneath the white plates that I had put in the heated drawer. Silver cutlery and a flower arrangement finished it all off.
When our guests arrived, I took the girls through to the dining room t
