by Katherine Brechin

Created on: February 04, 2009   Last Updated: March 02, 2009

The Wedding Letter.

In the bride's room, sipping champagne with her bridesmaids, Simone could not help but think about all that had gone into getting to today. Her wedding day was going to be the biggest, most lavish event of the social calendar to date. There had been some hiccups, namely her frugal, meek mannered, goodie two shoes, step-mummy, Alice.

Alice would never get it, no matter how hard she tried to interfere, she simply was no match. From the day she was born, Simone was Daddy's little girl, she was named after him, it didn't take a genius to figure out what kind of future was in store for her.

This was Simone's wedding, her big day, so what if she went a little over budget? Daddy always said money was for spending. Simone knew Alice had tried to love her, always appealing for commonsense, always lecturing about being financially responsible, as if Daddy wouldn't be around to bail her out when she got in over her head.

Daddy would never allow anything bad to happen; Simone was the apple of his eye. Turning to her bridesmaids, Simone just had to gloat. "Only just the other day I had to put Alice back in her place. I told her, 'Thank you for your concern Alice, I know you try to be the best step-mummy you can be, but really, the way I spend my father's money has nothing to do with you. I will always get what I want. So please just try to be happy for me and let's get along for Daddy's sake.' You really should have seen her face." Simone knew her politely disguised coldness could send a shiver down spines, her bridesmaids knew it too.

Simone continued telling them how Alice had been a good sport from then on, keeping the peace, obviously biting her tongue, each time another wedding bill came across her desk. "All she had to do was sign the cheques; Daddy's company was footing the bill, not like it was coming out of Alice's pocket." Simone shrugged.

Just then her mobile rang, Simone rolled her eyes, it was Alice, and shushing the bridesmaids she deliberately put the phone on hands free.

After a few minutes of niceties, Alice tentatively enquired about the future, "So Simone, what are your plans for after the honeymoon, any interesting career options? You know Tom isn't earning much yet, so you may have to cut back on your expenses, at least for a while." At Simone's facial express the bridesmaids were thankful looks really couldn't kill.

"Oh I don't have to worry about that. Daddy is giving us the company penthouse, and doubling my allowance. After an appropriate

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