Interception (Finnegan Brothers Book 4) Read Free Page B

squeezed into the little black dress and had Mackenzie zipper me up. Looking at myself in the mirror I had to buy a new strapless bra to make it work but I looked awesome. Mackenzie stood next to me looking just as nice and I could hear Charity’s sister clunking around in the other room as she put on hers. Charity had wanted us all to try them on before we left for the rehearsal dinner just make sure that we would look good at standing next to each other up at the altar. No one had talked about the pregnancy and I definitely wasn't ready to. So for now we just ignored it. Everyone had a smile plastered on their face even though at least two of us were dying inside. And by the look on Charity sister's face she wasn’t extremely happy to be there either. She was also five years older than Charity and hadn’t married or had any kids of her own. I could tell the cat lady label was going to be attached to her very shortly.
    As we stood on the landing and Charity assessed us coming down the stairs and my dad stood smiling in the entry way. I wanted to say something to him, I wanted to tell him that even though the woman who split up my family was pregnant that I was playing piano again. I wanted to tell him that I was okay even if I wasn't okay with his choices. I hadn't told anybody about the theater yet, it would come with time. Maybe I would even start taking lessons again, or enter the music program as a minor for my senior year. It would make me happy. And for now that's all that mattered, my happiness.
    “You all look fabulous. You girls are right black is totally in for weddings. I saw in my bridal magazine and thought I already knew that. Oh I just can't wait for everyone to see you!” She clapped her hands together lightly just beneath her chin. She was practically glowing her smile was so big.
    “Okay now you three run up and change for the rehearsal dinner, we have to be there in half an hour. Your father and I are going to meet you two at the restaurant and Leslie's going ride without us. Give the sisters a little alone time.”
    I couldn't tell if she meant her and her sister or me and mine but either way I was fine with not riding to the restaurant with them. Charity didn't find it necessary to have an actual rehearsal which shocked the hell out of me, but I was going to just go eat the food. Mackenzie put on the lilac dress that she had packed specifically for the occasion and I had a bright indigo one that had one strap just off the shoulder and sat above my knee. Both our dresses were very simple but because they were bright colors we stood out among the crowd of thirty people at the Italian restaurant where they had booked a room. The whole event was catered and people stood around and talked while others sat at small tables indulging in the amazing food.
    I sat alone twirling pasta on my fork. Kenz bounced up behind me. Her mood had greatly improved since the other day.
“So then no date?”
“Nah Kenz, I'm flying solo tonight. Just us girls.” I tried to plaster a smile on my face but she could see right through it.
“I'm sorry Lena.” She placed her hand on my back to comfort me.
“Yeah me too.” I whispered staring once again at my plate.
I was alone and it was entirely my fault.
    She squinted at me. “No Blake either?”
    “Haven’t exactly come up with a solution there yet.”
    “So there’s still hope?”
    I shrugged. “Maybe.”
    He hadn’t called after the theater. So I wasn’t sure there was.
    We sat at the tables pretty much the entire dinner. It's not that we were avoiding the guests. Mackenzie and I didn't really know anybody. It was clear that many of the people were family members of Charity’s.  Her mother looked just like her only twenty years older and her older sister Leslie we had met at the house also had similar features. She was kind of bitter and jaded. I saw her eat multiple slices of cake, but I'm definitely not one to judge. I was doing my own carb-load.
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