She looked up from her phone and gave me a lopsided smile. “Hey. Thanks for coming. I probably need to go.”
I put my hand over hers. “Is this about yesterday? Are you sad about your grandmother?”
She squeezed my hand. “That’s so nice of you to ask. I grieved her before she died when we knew it was coming. Hearing all those nice things people said about her yesterday was nice.”
“Okay, so what’s got you down? This is your party. You’re getting married tomorrow,” my voice hitched.
True sighed. “It’s Jesse.” She showed me her phone screen.
Jesse
Babe. Where is the ketchup?
True
In the fridge. Where you put it last time.
Jesse
Babe. How do you wash clothes?
True
Leave it for later. Don’t do anything with the laundry machines.
Jesse
What time are you coming home?
I glanced at the time stamps. “These have all come in within the last ten minutes?”
She sighed heavily. “Yeah. I don’t know what he would do without me. Wait. I do know. He’d turn his dirty shorts inside out to wear again.”
I barked out a laugh. “Gross.”
She twisted her lips to the side and shook her head. “I swear that man is so clueless. It’s gotten worse this week. And it’s all I can do to stop myself from asking his mom why she raised such a manchild!”
“Manchild? You mean a precious angel who shouldn’t lift a finger?” My laughter grew until I was practically crying. “He hung the moon, my friend. That’s what you’d hear fromMaman.”
True wiped the tears of laughter from her eyes. “Be that as it may, the man is at the B&B by himself. And I’m afraid if I leave him alone for too long, he’ll do something to wreck the wedding!”
That sobered me up quickly. Jesse already wrecked the wedding dress.
“He does know you’re at your bachelorette party, right?”
She nodded at me.
“I have an idea,” I said, pulling my phone out of my pocket.
Chapter 31
Rowan Rafferty gets another offer he can’t refuse
Kendra
I need a favor.
Me
