“Maid of honor.” Jasmin crosses her arms. “I hate the acronym. But my baby sister insists on using it.”
“Maid of honor is a mouthful.” Daniela sticks her tongue out at her sister. “MOH is so much easier to say in conversation.”
She’s not wrong, but I’m not going to voice that opinion. The last thing I need to do is upset Jasmin more than I obviously have. I need to change the subject. If they are anything like me and my siblings, they’ll start bickering.
“Are y’all ready for the tour?”
“Yes, please.” Daniela jumps up and down. “I can’t wait.”
These two sisters are so incredibly different. Daniela is full of energy and Jasmin takes a more relaxed approach to life. She actually reminds me of Phillip. He doesn’t let much get under his skin. The only difference is Jasmin looks like she carries the weight of the world on her shoulders. I want to know why, but now isn’t the time to question it.
“If you’ll follow me.” I lead them out the back door. They’ve already seen the front, and there isn’t much out there for wedding scenery. This is the direct path to our back patio, which I personally love. I’ve had so many conversations out here with Piper and Beau after work.
“This is so cute.” Daniela squeals.
“It wasn’t always this nice back here. It used to be a regular back porch. But when we gave customers a space to hang out and have a glass of wine, it was upgraded. My sisters are the ones to thank for that. I don’t have a design bone in my body.”
“It was a good choice.” Daniela studies the space. “It would actually be pretty good for a bridal shower.”
She glances at her sister for input, but Jasmin is typing something into her phone. “I’ve made a note. Is there anything else in this area for us to look at?”
The question is directed at me and I shake my head. “I can take you to the space where a reception can be held. You’ve already?—”
“Let’s check out where the ceremony might take place.” Jasmin redirects. I don’t think I said anything wrong and can’t think of a reason for the subject change.
“Absolutely.” I motion for them to walk ahead of me.
Daniela doesn’t wait and pulls quite a bit away from us, her eyes taking in the open land next to some of the buildings. Honestly, we can set up anywhere she wants to have the ceremony. It’s all down to what she likes.
Jasmin is watching her sister, but moves closer to me. “She doesn’t know we’ve met prior to today, and I’d like to keep it that way.”
“Sorry, I forgot about that.” She’s so different than she was on Valentine’s Day. I’m not sure if it’s because she’s upset I wasn’t completely honest with her, or something else. Why is she so hard to read all of a sudden?
“It’s fine.” She waves away my apology. “I just don’t want her to get any ideas.”
“About what?”
“Trying to set us up or something like that.” She thinks for a second and shakes her head. “Well, not her specifically, but she’d let it slip to our mom and that wouldn’t be good.”
“Is she overbearing?”
“More like she thinks I need to be with someone to be happy and fulfilled.” Another head shake. “She doesn’t understand how people like us can be okay with how we live our lives. She thinks because she found happiness when she was young that everyone needs to experience that type of relationship.”
Wow. I don’t even know what to say. My mom has meddled in my life, but only when it came to school stuff. She never tried to influence my personal life. The only people who have done that are my sisters.
“Jasmin!” Daniela’s voice scares the both of us and we move apart from each other. The only problem is I don’t see her.
“Where did she go?”
Jasmin shrugs. “You’re the tour guide. Shouldn’t you know where your clients are at all times?”
“My sister is going to kill me,” I mutter under my breath. “She’s probably behind the buildings. Follow me.”
We move between two of the buildings. The one on the left is where we hold events like the Valentine’s Day one. The one on the right is where we bottle the wine. There’s another one on the other side of that, but it’s mostly storage.
“How did I not realize there were more buildings out here?” Jasmin’s voice is right behind me.
“They are hard to see when it’s dark. Plus, my sister made sure the lights pointed away from it during the event. When I say she has an eye for this stuff, I’m not kidding.”
