come true. Until then he was happy right here.
He got to the house and stripped, took a shower, then came out and put on his boxer briefs. He fixed himself a glass of ice water and fed Murphy, who, as usual, gobbled his food up in what looked like two bites, shoved his face into his water bowl, then went off to play. Finn took a seat on the sofa to relax and unwind for a few.
His phone pinged so he picked it up. It was a message from Brenna.
What are you wearing tonight?
His lips curved as he typed a reply.
Wanna know what I’m wearing right now?
He could already imagine her eye roll.
Not particularly.
He saw the three dots as she typed. Then stopped. Then started again.
Yeah, she was imagining all right.
Anyway, we’re having dinner in the barn after the rehearsal. Dress appropriately.
He waited for more. There wasn’t any more.
What the fuck did appropriately mean?
Jason was going to be there. He pulled up Jason’s number and called him.
“What’s up?” Jason asked.
“What are you wearing tonight?”
Jason laughed, then paused and said, “Oh, you were serious.”
“Yeah. Brenna told me to dress appropriately.”
“What the hell does that mean?”
He knew his friend would be on his side. “Exactly.”
“I don’t know. Hang on.”
He waited a few minutes, and then Jason was back.
“Erin said not jeans, and a button-down shirt would be fine. I don’t even know. She either lays clothes out for me or tells me what to wear. Makes my life so easy, man.”
That would be easy. “Okay, thanks.”
“See ya.”
Jason clicked off and Finn laid his phone down and went into the bedroom. His closet contained jeans, jeans and shirts. But he did have a couple of pairs of dress pants, so he pulled them out.
Would have been nice for Brenna to tell him he’d need fancy clothes for these fake fiancé shindigs.
He should probably consider buying more dress pants, in case Brenna wanted to go to places that required dressing up. Not that there were a lot of places in Oklahoma that required that. You could go to one of the finest restaurants around here and if you had on your nice jeans and a good pair of boots, you were considered dressed up.
One of the reasons he liked living here.
He put on his black pants and boots and a dark blue button-down, happy that the barn was air conditioned, because he was already hot as blazes in this getup. But for Brenna, he’d do it.
He dropped Murphy off with Johnny and Maureen, happy to see that Agatha and Puddy were also there tonight, so there was a doggie free-for-all. Murphy was having fun frolicking with the other pups. Johnny and Maureen didn’t seem to mind the canine chaos; in fact, Johnny sat on the floor playing with all three dogs. He knew he loved that man for a reason.
He walked toward the barn, meeting up with Jason just outside.
“They’re doing the rehearsal now,” Jason said, motioning toward the vineyard and the arch where a crowd was gathered. “Erin said we could go inside the barn and wait for them where it’s cooler.”
“Sounds good to me.”
They opened the barn doors and a blast of cold air greeted them. Finn breathed a sigh of relief and went straight to the bar and ordered a beer. Jason did the same. He noticed there were a few other people in there as well, no doubt family members or friends who weren’t in the wedding party. Finn and Jason went over and introduced themselves and found out they were cousins as well as some friends of both Esther and Brock who were helping out with the wedding and had been invited to attend the rehearsal dinner.
Finn didn’t know anything about weddings, rehearsals or dinners and who was invited or what went into them. He’d never been married, never gave it much thought. He figured when he fell in love and was ready to get married, then it would be the right time to start thinking about all those things. Or, the woman he was going to marry would plan it all and tell him what to do. He was okay either way.
They’d taken a seat at one of the tables near the door. “Are you involved in planning your wedding to Erin?”
Jason laid his beer on the table. “She runs her ideas by me. I say yes to everything she wants.”
Finn laughed. “Sounds like a good plan.”
“Hey, I’ve got no knowledge about weddings. Erin has everything. I’m leaving