Chapter 26

Is It Ever the End?

“Do you have everything, baby?” Sam asks just before opening the door.

Looking at his watch, he glances at me before rushing to the car. I watch as he runs in his sleek black tuxedo that fits every muscle on his body just right. Even his hair looks model-perfect today, and that makes me jealous because I don’t even have my gown on yet.

We are running late for the wedding with only 20 minutes to spare. Of course, I still must put on my gown before the music begins and do the rest of my hair. I guess I am lucky because the church is only five minutes away. That means I slip into the dress and let Veronica quickly sweep up my hair while Denise does my makeup. “No problem, right?” I think to myself while he drives to the church.

We slept in this morning, and with a 10 am wedding, that is a bad thing. I guess, in hindsight, we shouldn’t have stayed up all night worrying about all th