“Uh…”
“You love me?” he asked.
I nodded.
“I love you. So it’s gonna happen.”
There it was.
The tears hit my eyes.
He bent and touched his mouth to mine.
When he moved away, he said, “I’ll get the cocktails.”
He went to get the cocktails.
I sniffed to get a handle on it and Raye came up to me. “Did you see your scrapbook?”
“Knox picked our aesthetic.”
She blinked.
“Yeah,” I agreed.
She reached to grab my hand and squeezed.
She and Cap were determined to enjoy their engagement, so as her bestest bestie, I knew they hadn’t gotten down and dirty with their planning yet.
Still, I asked, “Is Cap interested in helping plan?”
“Anytime I look at my scrapbook or talk to Tod on the phone, Cap gets hyper-focused.”
“So he is.”
“No. He gets hyper-focused on my face to ascertain what I’m excited about. And then he’s all the way down with whatever that is.”
She really got a good one.
And so did I.
Oh shit.
I was losing the fight to hold back the tears.
I gave her hand a squeeze this time.
Her smile was trembly. My return one was too.
She saved us from losing it by saying, “That hat is giving me life.”
“Knox bought it for me. Well, Shirleen did, but Knox asked her to shop for it.”
“Do I want to know?” she asked.
“Do you mean, is it sexual?” I asked back.
“Yeah.”
