“You need to change that, immediately, can you do that, you need to fix it, can you fix it?” Elijah said.
Lilly was thrown by the desperation in Elijah’s voice. She needed to placate him but didn’t know what to say to him. Mickey came to her rescue.
“I’m sure Lilly can rectify the situation, just tell her you love it and put her out of her anguish. She’s desperate to know if you like what she has done for you?” Mickey said.
Elijah showed her first how much he loved it by his kiss, he showed how grateful he was.
“I’m over the moon with what you’ve done, it’s transformed this area, not many people would come to this part of Blue’s and now they will flock. Thank you so much for doing it,” Elijah said.
“Good job, Elijah, well said. Lilly can I borrow the best man for a second. I have usher questions for him to answer,” Mickey said.
Lilly nodded her agreement and went to retrieve her paintbrushes to add her face to the family of dancers.
Chapter Thirty-Eight
Everyone had arrived at Jack and Olivia’s house for a dinner party on the eve of their wedding, seated around the dining table chatting to their nearest neighbour.
Elijah and Lilly had been separated because they couldn’t behave themselves and keep their hands to themselves. Lilly talked with Cecily now that she had arrived in person and not just an image on the screen in a dressing room.
Mickey was the other side of Cecily trying to commandeer her attention, but Lilly won the contest. Elijah had given up trying to get Lilly’s attention hours ago and concentrated on calming his brother.
“How are you feeling brother?” Elijah asked.
“Impatient, why can’t we get this started,” Jack answered in a sour, petulant tone.
“One, you’re not even dressed for it. Two, the guests are not here, the bride is nowhere to be seen and oh, the wedding is not until tomorrow. Do I need to give you any other reasons?” Elijah said.
“Stupid reasons if you ask me, let’s just get her here and start now,” Jack said.
“You have to wait, Jack. You’ve spent a small fortune in preparing this wedding, so suck it up,” Elijah said.
“Don’t see why I have to but there you are. Tell me about Lilly to distract me, how are things going with her?” Jack asked.
“She’s wonderful, she knows everything, and she still loves me.” Elijah answered.
“Great stuff, so when are you going to marry her?”
“I’d marry her tomorrow if I could.”
“Have you asked her?”
“Yes but, she hates weddings, she agreed to marry me and then I fucked it up and I haven’t asked her again although she has told me I need to. She’ll never agree and we’ve only been seeing each other matter of weeks.” Elijah said.
“That is a poor excuse, organise the marriage licence and don’t have a wedding, just the ceremony. I’m sure she hates the fuss and not the wedding itself. She looks like a girl who wants to be loved and share her life. Organise it all and just tell her to turn up,” Jack said.
“That’s not a bad idea, brother, not bad at all.”
“What are you two plotting?” Michael, their father, asked standing behind the two of them.
He placed a large hand on both other their shoulders and squeezed his fingers firmly to show his greeting. Michael was a big man, statuesque and commanding, he’d spent his life in a government office but he was fit as he was when he was twenty.
“Nothing Dad,” the brothers said in unison.
“That sounds ominous, I hope it involves one of you getting married sober,” Michael asked.
“We were actually talking about planning Elijah’s wedding but its top secret so don’t let on, he has to ask her again as he fucked up the first time. You might have two married sons by the time the month is over,” Jack said.
“I couldn’t be happier. Lilly is a lovely girl, I would be proud to call her my daughter-in-law. Thank God she is nothing like her mother.” Michael said.
