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Chapter Two

Molly knew exactly which dress she wanted to wear. She’d seen it in the Blushing Brides shop in town. A pink net dress, with a tight waist and billowing skirt. It had gold leaves at the top of the skirt and on the shoulders. The model in the shop window wore it with a gold tiara and gold embroidered satin shoes. It was gorgeous but very expensive.

“Don’t worry,” said Luke. “I’m only buying one bridesmaid’s dress and that’s Molly’s. She can have the pink dress if she wants.”

“Thank you, Luke,” cried Molly as she gave her brother a big hug.

Luke smiled and hugged her back but Molly could see that there was something on his mind. The truth was that Luke and Dad had just heard on the radio that their favourite football team, Tottenham Hotspurs, were playing Manchester United on the wedding day.

“I don’t believe you!” snapped Mum when she saw Luke with his head buried in the sports page of the daily paper. “It’s your wedding day and all you can think of is football!”

“That’s not true!” Luke protested. “I love Chloe and I can’t wait to marry her. It’s just that I’m disapppointed that Dad and I won’t be able to go to the game, like we’d planned to.”

“You’re not going to cancel the wedding just because of a silly game of football?” Molly asked in a panic.

“Of course not,” laughed Luke.

“We’ll probably be able to see the game on satellite television in Australia,” said Dad, hopefully.

A few days later Molly, Mum and Gran went to the Blushing Brides shop in town where Molly slipped into the dress of her dreams. As it settled in a billow of lacy folds around her Molly smiled at her reflection.

“It’s beautiful!” she cried as she spun around in front of the mirror in her bare feet.

The dream dress, the gold shoes with tiny pink pearls stitched around the toes, and the gold tiara were all laid in a shiny silver box and covered with layers of sliver tissue paper. Holding the box, Molly smiled all the way home. She was going to be a bridesmaid in twenty-three days and she was going to wear the most beautiful dress in the world!