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Joni lifted her glass to her lips and winked at me.
“Oh my God!” Doc cried as she stepped out onto the terrace. “This is almost as beautiful as your wedding.” She reached for Brooklyn and gave her a hug.
We collectively scrambled up and went to greet the bride.
“I’m sorry, I’m sorry,” Doc cried out with a smile. “I know I’m late and that’s really bad form, but I—”
“It doesn’t matter.” Darcy shoved a Bloody Mary at her.
With a chuckle, she took a drink. “Oh, that’s spicy!”
“You should see the bartender,” Jazz called from the bar.
Chapter22
An hour later,I was finally able to corner Joni as she was coming out of the bathroom. She opened the door and I pushed my way inside, closing the door behind me.
“I know girls like to go to the bathroom together, but this one’s a little small and I’m the size of a mammoth, what with child,” Joni quipped.
“Youknow,” I accused.
“I know what?” She blinked her blue eyes and twirled a strand of sorrel colored hair around her finger as if to feign innocence.
I crossed my arms over my chest and waited.
“Zip was picking up a to-go order at La Creperie last week and saw you guys cozy in a booth,” she said. “That’s my spot for when I get a craving. And boy did I have a craving. He brought home fifteen lemon and sugar crepes. I ate about half of them.”
“Joni…”
“Okay, fine.” She glared. “I ate all of them. You happy? You got me to admit it.”
“This bathroom meeting isn’t really about you and your eating habits. And for the record, the lemon and sugar crepes are to die for, so no judgment on my end.”
“I haven’t told anyone,” Joni said. “If that’s what you’re worried about. I assumed because you didn’t tell us, you didn’t want us to know.”
I took a deep breath. “What about Zip?”
“What about Zip?”
“Did he tell anyone?”
“Why would he?”
“Because men gossip,” I pointed out.
She nibbled her lip. “I don’t think he’s told anyone. If he was going to tell anyone though, it would beColt.”
“Would Colt tell Mia?”
“I don’t know.” Joni frowned. “And like I said, I don’t think he’s told anyone yet. Are you like, gonna become his Old Lady?”
“Doesn’t becoming an Old Lady mean an official public announcement?”
“Yes.”
“Then no, not yet.”
“So what is this?” She crossed her arms over her chest. “Are you guys just sleeping together? Is that why you’re keeping it a secret? You guys think this will fizzle out and you don’t want anyone to get hurt?”
