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Louise joined us once again, wheeling in another rack of dresses. A seamstress breezed in behind her and over to me. I stood on the platform and let her measure me and begin to place pins where adjustments needed to be made.
“Olivia?” Lily asked, shuffling through the dresses on the new rack. “What color were you thinking for Avery’s dress?”
“I don’t really have anything specific in mind…something light colored though.”
“I think this will be perfect.” Lily pulled a dress out and held it up. “Do you like this one?”
It was a short blush colored dress with flower detailing on the side and a black ribbon around the waist. “That’s perfect!”
Louise took the dress from Lily and helped Avery into it.
I thought the dress looked absolutely gorgeous on Avery. It hugged all of her curves and the color looked pretty with her pale skin and red hair.
“What do you think?” I asked her, hoping she didn’t turn into a total diva.
“It’s perfect…as long as you like it,” she replied, looking at her reflection wistfully.
“I do love it. We’ll take it,” I told Louise.
The seamstress finished marking the alterations and informed me I needed to change. Once I was out of the dress, she took it and hurried from the room. “I’ll have the alterations done in an hour or so,”
she called before the door closed behind her.
Since we’d found a dress for Avery and me, that left Lily and my mom. I hoped they had something my mom would like and still be comfortable in.
Louise pulled a few dresses for Lily. The first two were horrible and so I decided to intervene.
“Do you have anything that isn’t so…frumpy?” I asked. “Lily isn’t old, and even if she was, she doesn’t need to dress like it,” I explained, hoping I didn’t hurt anyone’s feelings. But honestly, the current dress she had on looked like a box. I never knew fabric could look so…square.
Lily laughed. “Oh, Olivia, I love you so much.”
I blushed. “It’s the truth.”
Louise left the room and returned with a floor length amethyst colored gown. I knew as soon as it was zipped that it was the one.
“What do you think, Olivia?” Lily asked as she assessed her appearance in the mirror.
“I think we’ve found a winner.”
Finding a dress for my mom took a longer amount of time, but Louise finally found a maternity gown that fit and looked good on her. The Kelly green color looked amazing with her glowing complexion and the Grecian style fit her growing belly.
I was so relieved that in a matter of hours we’d managed to find dresses for everyone. I’d been really worried that planning something so last minute would result in less than satisfactory dresses. Thank goodness for Lily and her connections.
By the time we’d left, all the alterations had already been made and we were able to take the dresses with us. We all stopped to eat a late lunch together before heading our separate ways.
When Avery dropped me off at the apartment, I left my dress with her so that Trace wouldn’t see it, and headed inside.
I called out for him but there was no answer. It didn’t look like he’d been home to shower or anything. I hated to think he’d been stuck in the depressing hospital all night and day.
I tended to Ace and grabbed my car keys.
Twenty minutes later, I walked into the hospital and up to Gramps’ room.
Gramps wasn’t lying in his bed. Instead, he was sitting in a chair and they were using the bed as a table.
“What are you two doing?” I laughed as the door clicked closed behind me.
“Playing chess,” Trace chuckled. “I’m going to win.”
