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What a ridiculous man I was marrying. And Iwasmarrying him.
I hadn’t yet told him all that I’d confessed to Katherine, but tomorrow night, I had plans of my own for our wedding night. He was going to lose his mind, and I was ready for it.
“Honey,” my mom said before my friends could pull me out of the hotel as well.
“One minute,” I promised my friends and then headed over to my parents.
“This looks like it’s going to be magical,” Mom said.
Dad pulled me into his arms unexpectedly. “Thank you for doing this, sweetheart.”
“Of course, Dad.”
“I know I rushed you into this, but I still love that it’s happening. And seeing how much you and Gavin love each other … well, I can’t wait to walk you down the aisle.”
I beamed at my father. The guilt that crept through was just a twinge after everything we’d gone through to get here. I did love Gavin, and this was all actually going to work.
“I love you, Dad.”
“I love you too.” He released me with a laugh. “Well, don’t let us keep you from celebrating.”
“Thanks. I’ll see you here bright and early!”
“We’ll be here,” Mom said, waving as I headed back to my friends.
“Ready,” I said, joining my friends out on Fifth Avenue. “Where exactlyarewe going?”
A limo waited outside. Lark slung abride-to-besash over my head while Katherine affixed a tiara into my dark hair.
English looked devilish. “Oh, you’ll see.”
* * *
I did indeed see.
A strip club.
Full of male and female strippers in tiny little string pieces. Laden with glitter. Dollar bills flying. Shots all around.
The night was wild and hilarious. All of my friends acting as if this were an everyday occurrence in their lives even though I wasn’t sure that Lark or Katherine had ever been to a place like this. English and I used to go to strip clubs all the time in LA with our sorority friends. It brought back vivid college memories.
By the time we piled back into the limo, we were all wasted drunk and falling all over ourselves.
“Best bachelorette party ever,” Lark declared, laying her head into Katherine’s lap.
Katherine ran her fingers through Lark’s hair. “Camden’s going to kill me when I show up this drunk.”
“You mean, fuck you,” I quipped.
Katherine laughed. “Well, yeah, probably.”
“I told Gavin we were going to be separate tonight.”
“And now, you’re having second thoughts,” English slurred.
“Maybe I should text him.”
“No!” all my girls called at the same time.
