It All Started With You by Debbie Howells EPUB & FDF – eBook Details Online
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- Author: Debbie Howells
- Language: English
- Genre: Women’s Friendship Fiction
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It began with a bossy friend and a small word. Two letters. Rhymes with
Joe, but no matter what’s in my head, what comes out is always ‘yes’. And
in the case of the well-meaning, about-to-be-married friend whose florist let
her down at the last minute, it didn’t matter I’d never put together a
bouquet, let alone worked as a florist. My fate was sealed.
Honey has a lot to answer for, but as I soon discovered, there’s
something seductive about flowers. Not just the luscious scents and vibrant
colours, but it’s the symbolism. The hidden sentiment; the love, passion and
beseeching, artistically arranged and gift wrapped in crunchy brown paper.
The ultimate gesture of romance – but so much more.
I’d always loved flowers. But. Put simply, being a wedding florist was
an accident. It just happened – but then that’s the story of my life.
‘It can’t be that hard,’ Honey begged me. Actually begged rather than
ordered, which wasn’t Honey-like at all, but desperate times called for
desperate measures, plus she’d morphed into a hideous bridezilla by then.
It’s to be expected, I’ve learned since – only some are worse than others and
Honey never does things by halves.
‘Fricking woman’s let me down. You’re creative aren’t you? And it’s
just plonking a bunch of flowers in a vase… Please, Frankie, pleeease…
I’ll pay you…’ She mentioned a sum that would keep my bank manager off
my back a little longer. ‘Otherwise it’ll be the most miserable wedding
ever…’
Not for nothing is Honey a successful lawyer, though put on the spot, I
always forget this. She had me cornered and she knew it. I thought about it
– but not for long. Only the hardest-hearted person could bear their best
friend’s big day to be anything less than perfect, and if I’m honest, a tiny,
insecure part of me liked the idea that just for once, I could do something
she couldn’t. Before I knew it I’d muttered those immortal words.
‘I suppose…’ At which point she’d whooped triumphantly and flung
her arms round me, leaving me spluttering in a cloud of Chanel.
If only I’d stopped to think, even fleetingly, that this was a wedding.
Worse, it was Honey’s wedding, and no matter how hard I wanted to
trivialise it, I wouldn’t be able to, because make no mistake… it mattered.
Try taking your worst nightmare and multiplying it a hundredfold,
because as I’ve learned since, with weddings, there are no second chances.
No saying it’s okay, we’ll sort it out tomorrow. Everything has to be perfect
– on the day.
This wedding brought out the very worst in my friend, because as well
as manipulative, she’s a control freak.
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