The Engagement
Chapter One
Alberta, May 1891
She was marrying the wrong brother.
Dr. Virginia Waters flattened her palm against the nervous tremble in her stomach. Dressed in her wedding gown for the
final fitting, she stood before the pine mirror in her bedroom and tried to silence the runaway thoughts.
She was not marrying the wrong man. Wedding jitters were common, she told herself. Zack Bullock was the
right brother.
"You look splendid in your gown. Bonnie indeed."
"Thank you, Millicent." Feeling guilty for her thoughts, Virginia smiled at the reflection of her uncle's housekeeper.
In her late fifties, the pleasant Scottish woman pinned the hem as the satin train rustled around Virginia's long legs.
A lacy V neckline swooped to Virginia's bosom; her velvet black hair, still damp and fragrant from her evening bath,
cascaded below her waist. Crackling wood in the fireplace melted the chilly spring air while a kerosene lamp glowed in
the other corner.
"I like the shiny fabric," said Emilou, Millicent Gray's eight-year-old granddaughter and Virginia's flower girl,
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