He left it at that.
And then he left me.
By the way, I was right in my earlier thoughts.
My envelope at the first of the month didn’t have fivethousand in it.
It had seven.
Chapter Five
In It to Win It
Rock Chick Rewind
Still some time ago, but now even less…
I pulled into the church on a screech oftires, driving like a lunatic because Toni had forgotten her shoes at home, sheonly trusted me to go get them, and she was due to walk down the aisle to Tonyin T-minus five minutes and counting.
I swung into a parking spot that was way too far away fromthe sanctuary, lamenting the fact I hadn’t changed out of my strappy heelsbefore I went on this mission.I had to run if I was going to get there ontime, and I had maid of honor duties to attend to, I didn’t fancy doing themwith a sprained ankle and skinned knees.
However, I froze in place after I caught movement in myrearview.
Movement that was Toni, sprinting toward me in her weddinggown, the ruffle at her hip flapping, her veil flying out behind her.
She was even carrying her bouquet.
Quickly, I hit the locks to open the doors as she hit thepassenger side.
She threw it open then tossed the bouquet at me.
I caught it.
She folded in, slammed the door, turned to me and screeched,“Drive, bitch, drive!”
“Okay, slow down, take a breath and tell me what’s goingon.”
She sucked in air through her nose, let it out like a bull,and said, “Okay, like, this is forever, like…yeah?”
“Yes,” I said calmly.“Ideally, marriage is forever.”
“What if he’s a secret perv?”she asked.
I smiled encouragingly.“You’ve been living with him forfour years, Tone.He’s not a secret perv.”
“What if he’s, like, you know, that Arnold Schwarzeneggercharacter in that movie.”She snapped her fingers repeatedly.“What’s thatmovie?”
“Terminator?”
“No.”
“Predator?”
“No.”
“Conan?”
“No!”she shouted.“The one Jamie Lee Curtis was in, wearingthat hot LBD.”
