In one hour…she’s going to be mine.
Chapter Forty-One
I stood there and looked at my beautiful wedding dress hanging up on the door. I closed my eyes and thought about the day I’d found it.
“I don’t want to try on another dress. I’ll just wear jeans!” I said to Ari and Ellie.
Amanda held out another dress. “Oh hell…this is the one, Heather!” she said with a gasp. “Ouch! Motherfucker!”
We all turned and looked at her.
“Big kick!”
I sighed and shook my head. “That was what Ellie said about the last one, and Ari said the same thing about the one before that. ”
Amanda handed the dress to Rachael, the sweet, patient girl who had helped me try on at least twenty-five gowns so far.
Okay, so maybe it was only ten, but it was enough to make me hate the color white now.
“Oh! This is a beautiful one. ” Rachael hooked my arm and dragged me back into the dressing room.
As she helped me get dressed, I begged her to make it all stop. “Please…Rachael…don’t let them make me try on another dress! I’m starving, and I have twins to feed. I just want to go eat!”
She smiled as she did up the back of the dress. “Do you want another banana, honey?” she asked as her eyes filled with sympathy.
“No. Thank you though. ”
When she stepped back, she put her hands to her mouth.
Huh…she hasn’t done that yet.
“Heather, slowly turn around and look. ”
I rolled my eyes at her exaggeration about the dress. She was good at it, but this one topped all the others.
When I looked in the mirror, I sucked in a breath of air. “Oh. My. God. I look like a—”
“A princess,” she said.
I felt tears building up in my eyes. I knew why I was being such a brat. I wanted my mother here. I had Ari, Ellie, and Amanda, but it wasn’t the same.
“This one is called the Gemma, and it’s made by—”
I spun around to face her. “What?”
“What?” she said.
“What’s the name of this dress?”
She gave me a confused look. “The Gemma?”
I started to walk past her, heading straight to the girls. As soon as I came out, all three of them gasped.
“Oh my god! Oh my god! That is beautiful. I knew it would look beautiful on you!” Amanda said as she rubbed her stomach.
Ellie clapped, jumping up and down. “Holy hell! That’s perfect, Heather. ”
Ari was smiling from ear to ear.