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at the church having sex with the best man.”
    Judging
by the blank look on Harry’s face, he wasn’t too shocked about Maddie’s admission.
    “Shit,
he told me he’d ended that relationship after you two got engaged.”
    “You
knew and you didn’t bother to tell me?” asked Maddie. She folded her arms
across her chest.
    “What
was there to tell?” asked Harry, once again glancing at Brody.
    “That
your brother was playing around behind my back. I don’t care if it was a male
or female, he was unfaithful to me.”
    “Maybe
he and Tim were having a good-bye f...well, you know. And you are?” he asked
looking at Brody.
    “Perhaps
I should be going,” said Brody.
    “No,
Brody, it’s fine, you can stay,” said Maddie
    She
didn’t want the poor guy getting caught up in her problems, but having him with
her somehow gave her strength.
    “Looks
like you were having somewhat of a good-bye fling yourself,” said Harry,
looking at the unmade bed. Both sides of the sheets were ruffled, but it was
none of his business. She’d said good-bye to his brother hours before she did
the wild thing with Brody.
    “Brody
here was kind enough to see me safely to the motel room, and I asked him to
stay because I didn’t want to be alone.”
    “You
don’t have to explain all this to me, Madeleine. Mark asked me to find you, and
I did. He forgives you for jilting him like you did. He said come home and the
two of you can tie the knot with just a handful of friends and family if that’s
what you prefer.”
    “What
I prefer. I prefer not to have my husband be fucking someone thirty minutes
before we were supposed to say ‘I do’.”
    “Madeleine,
I’ve never heard you use that sort of salty language before.”
    “Meet
the new me, and please tell your brother I do not want to marry him in a big or
small venue. I don’t want to ever see him again.”
    Harry
raised his right palm up to her. “I can see you’re a little upset so I’m not
going to convey that to him. I want you to think about this, and then when
you’re ready, the two of you can sit down and talk.”
    Maddie
took two strides to the door. “Out you go, Harry.”
    He
put his hat back on and headed out but then stopped. “Our uncle Bill isn’t
pressing charges for the theft of the horse and trailer, but I think it best
you get it back to him today. Good day to you, Maddie.”
    Maddie
shut the door and then pressed her back onto it, feeling the wood against her
spine. She’d stood her ground, but now she wanted to cry.
    She
burst into tears. Brody walked over to her, pulled her into his chest, and she
wept.
    “It’s
okay, Maddie, you got it all out, and that’s what you’re supposed to do.”
    She
pulled away from him. The last thing he needed was some weepy female. He had a
donor to go find, and she was stopping him.
    “Guess
I should get that horse and trailer back,” she said.
    “That
would probably be a smart idea. You going to be okay?”
    She
nodded and reached for the notepad and scribbled down her number. She handed it
to Brody.
    “I
can’t thank you enough for what you did, so here’s my number and if you need
someone, please call me.”
    Brody
took it, folded it, and tucked it in his jacket pocket. “I will certainly keep
that in mind, and if you need me, I’m at the Creekside Motel. Well, at least I
will be for the next week or so. My next stop is Grantsville, because I’ve
traced one of the guys there.”
    Maddie
stood on tiptoes and kissed him. “I know you’re going to find your father, and
he’s going to be the perfect match for you. In fact, that’s going to be my
Christmas wish.”

 
    Chapter Five

    Maddie
was sweet. His mother had always told him that a person only got one Christmas
wish, so what a selfless thing for Maddie to use hers on him. He opened up the
slip of paper she’d given him and looked at the number. He’d keep it safe
because he was going to contact her.
If this whole thing didn’t work out, he