My thought exactly.
He dropped his hands and announced to the store at large.“Ican’t.I don’t know her, but this is impossible.Every color looks good againstBlack skin.I’ll never be able to pick.”
I wouldn’t quite agree.The color they named “flesh” didn’tquite work.
Toni and I exchanged another glance.
“This is Tod,” Jules shared.“And his partner Stevie.Tod’sthe Rock Chicks’ officially unofficial wedding planner.”
I choked and I hadn’t even sipped my coffee.
Darius and I weren’t even living together officially.
We were onday three.
Yes, I loved him, and he loved me.Yes, we weredoingthis.Yes, we shared a son who we were both devoted to.
But with all that had gone on before, and it being so heavy,I’d never even thought about us getting married.
Never let myself dream that far ahead.
Something around the region of my heart shifted, and itdidn’t feel bad.
No.
It felt very, very good.
“I’ve got it!”Tod shouted on a snap.“Amethyst!”
“My man,” Toni butted in.“My bridesmaids woreaubergine.”
“I approve,” Tod told her, then asked.“Who are you?”
Toni hiked a thumb at me.“Toni, her best bitch.And assuch, she was my maid of honor.”
“I approve of that too, since it’s clear you have goodtaste,” Tod replied.
“Well, thanks,” Toni said.“But see, she’s got a framedpicture of us at my wedding.She’s gonna obviously have framed pictures of herwedding.Andaubergineand amethyst clash.Shecouldn’t put those pictures close together, and everyone knows, best bitchesput their wedding pictures close together in their family rooms.”
Tod hooked a finger on his cheek and rested his chin on hisfist, murmuring, “This is true.”
I turned my head and stared at Toni like she’d done whatshe’d obviously done.
Lost her damned mind.
“What did you wear?”Tod asked Toni.
“Ivory.Off the shoulder.Kickassruchingat the midriff,” she answered.
“Structured ruffle at the hip?”he pressed.
“You got it.”
“De la Renta?”
“You got that too.”
“Saks?”
