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“Yeah, thanks.”
Mom smiled at Dante. “You take such good care of her.”
“He does.” Fuck, now I wanted to cry again. To take my mind off my weird emotions, I said, “Hey, Zara, what’s the latest on the wedding plans?”
Zara looked at Matt, a sweet smile on her face. “I think we’re pretty much done.”
“What? You’ve still got, what, three months to go!”
“I know, but it’s all come together so easily. Ally’s parents are insisting on catering as their wedding gift to us, so that’s taken care of. Plus, having it in our backyard in the spring, the floral arrangements are just the garden. I’m going to make my own bouquet from whatever is growing there at the time. And a garden wedding for me means nothing over the top, so the dress was pretty easy to find.”
“She still looks amazing in it,” Ally reassured Matt.
“Of course she does,” Matt replied, winking at his fiancée affectionately.
“Aww, thanks, Ally. Emma’s doing hair and makeup, so we don’t need to book anyone for that either. And Chloe and Mila have chosen their dresses, haven’t you, girls?”
“Yup! First I was sad because I wanted to wear my Elsa dress, but Mommy said it had to have purple on it and Elsa’s doesn’t. Then Ally found a dress with a crown as well and I thought that was even better.”
I took a sip of water, enjoying the distraction of all the wedding talk. “You’ll look very pretty.”
“But not as pretty as Auntie Zara, even though she doesn’t get to wear a crown.”
“I mean, I could, if I really wanted to,” Zara said, laughing. “But I think I’ll leave the princessing to you and your sister, because you’re so good at it.”
“Have you got the music organized?”
“Yeah, Gabe knows someone, so that’s already taken care of, too.”
“You know him, Luce. He’s the cousin of Eric, from the music store.”
”Oh awesome! Yeah, he’ll be great.”
“The only other big job will be building the dance floor, which we obviously can’t do until the weather improves.”
“And organizing the bachelorette party,” Ally said.
“Well, that’s your job, not mine.”
“I’m on it, don’t you worry. And its pregnant-lady-friendly, Lucy, so don’t stress about that.”
“Thanks, I appreciate that.”
“You’ll be what, seven months by then?”
I quickly did the math. “No, only six.” Wow, heading into the last trimester by then. Hopefully the nausea would be completely gone so I could enjoy being pregnant. The insurance question would definitely be resolved by then, too. Which meant no more family get-togethers that included Dante. Shit, why did I have to think of that? It would only ruin my mood.
Best just to focus on my brother, his lovely fiancée and how happy they were.
“I’m just going to go to the bathroom quickly before the food arrives.”
“I’ll come with you.” Ally jumped up, following me across the crowded restaurant. Checking that the stalls were all empty, she said, “Be as fast as you can.”
I laughed. “That’s not a problem. I feel like I pee every fifteen minutes these days.” I finished up came out, washing my hands at the sink, looking at Ally expectantly.
She leaned against the other sink, folding her arms across her middle. Her loose, high ponytail suited her face perfectly and she looked super-hot in tightly-fitting black jeans and a silver top. I’d noticed Gabe getting a good look at her cleavage when she sat down.
I’d thought she’d come with me so that she could talk about what surprises she had planned for Zara, but instead, she said, “What’s the latest with you and Dante?”
