What was I saying?
I was leaving as soon as I could get my car. I didn’t need to become Beth’s personal shopper.
“That would be so cool!” she replied while I had a mini-flip out. She hesitated a second before she hugged me.
When she pul ed away she said, “I try, but I can’t real y get it together. I’l try something new and end up looking like a freak. I just need a little fashion direction.” Damn.
I couldn’t back out now.
And she was right, she definitely needed a little fashion direction.
“I can do that,” I said on a smile.
“Thank you,” she hugged me again. “Give me your phone, I’l program my number in it, here’s mine.” We traded phones, we traded numbers, she hugged me again, she talked to Indy, met Duke, Jet and Tex and then left, happy as a clam.
Wel , at least I didn’t feel like a bitch anymore.
That was good, right?
“What was that al about?” Indy cal ed to me after Beth left.
“Roxie tried to set Hank up with that girl,” Uncle Tex told her.
Indy, Jet and Duke stared at me like Uncle Tex told them I danced down the middle of Broadway wearing nothing but I danced down the middle of Broadway wearing nothing but Mardi Gras beads and a smile.
“I thought you were his girlfriend,” Duke said.
“I am and I’m not, I broke up with him,” I said.
Indy, Jet and Duke’s stares intensified.
“Why would you do a fool thing like that?” Duke exploded, sounding a lot like Uncle Tex.
“Don’t worry. He didn’t real y accept my breaking up with him. He stil thinks we’re together.”
Indy and Jet smiled at each other knowingly.
Good Grief.
I closed my eyes and rested my head on the back of the couch.
“Good f**kin’ God. These f**kin’ girls. I swear, they’re gonna kil us al ,” Duke announced and I heard him stomp away, likely into the bookshelves.
I felt the couch move on either side of me.
I opened my eyes and turned my head one way, then the other. Indy and Jet were there.
“You wanna talk?” Indy asked.
I closed my eyes again. “No.”
“We’re here,” I heard Jet say.
They sat with me for a second in silent moral support, then they both drifted away.
* * * * *
After closing, both Tex and Duke walked us to Tod and Stevie’s house, leaving us when we were safe inside. Then they hightailed it home, making it clear that was as close as they wanted to get to The Emergency Wedding Summit.