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peace with your mother. Don’t tell me you’re not inviting her to our wedding.” Richard reached over and pulled her to him.
    That was one thing she loved about Richard – the thing that had drawn her to him in the first place. He had a close family. She missed that. Chloe sighed.
    He kissed her on the nose. “I’m looking forward to meeting my future mother-in-law.”
    “ All right, all right,” she said, putting some distance between them. “The wedding isn’t until June, so there’s no rush to tell her.”
    Richard shook his head. “Baby, you know my parents want to meet her. You can’t keep making up these lame excuses that she’s traveling around the world.”
    “ You don’t know my mother,” she said. “She can really be a pain. Let’s elope instead.”
    “ Not a chance!” Richard winked, drawing her close again. How would you feel if our future daughter did that to you? You only have one mother and she deserves your respect.”
    “ Okay. We’ll talk about it tomorrow,” she said, giving him a peck on the lips then walking him to the door.
    Later, as Chloe lay in bed hugging her teddy bear, she thought about the strange encounter with her customer…but her thoughts soon shifted to Josh. She had thought she would never see him again. Now, seeing him after thirteen years, she wondered why he had come back.
    Was it because of his promise?
     
     
     
     

 
     
     
     
    Chapter Two
     
    A few minutes before ten o’ clock, the doorbell rang. Chloe struggled out of bed and took so long to open the door that Nicole began pounding on it.
    “ Wake up, sleepyhead. I thought we were going cake shopping today.” Despite the fog outside, Nicole was dressed in super skinny jeans, a black lacey top and a glimmering set of four-inch high heels.
    Chloe groaned. “Is it ten o’ clock already? After Richard left, I stayed up late watching The Notebook .”
    Nicole shook her head. “Again? How many times have you watched that movie?”
    Chloe laughed and gestured Nicole inside. “More than a hundred times. You know I’m a sucker for a good romance.”
    “ Yeah, yeah, it’s too cheesy for me.”
    “ Why are you so cynical?” Chloe said, as she traipsed to the bedroom and pulled clothes from her closet.
    “ I’m a realist.”
    “ Let me get cleaned up.” Nicole sat on the bed while Chloe hurried through her shower.
    “ I thought all women want to marry their true love,” Chloe called through the closed door.
    “ Everybody minus me,” Nicole said.
    “ What’s the matter with you, girl? Are you and Matt having problems?” Chloe asked, as she turned off the water and toweled off.
    “ No, but we’ve been together like forever. Why get so excited?” she said, speaking loudly so Chloe could hear her. “I told him, if we do get married we’re flying to Vegas.”
    “ Nicole, what you need is to spice up your life. How about you two take a vacation or go to some spa. That should add some excitement to your life.”
    “ Hey, enough about me, this is your day. Hurry up so we can go plan your wedding,” Nicole said.
    Chloe tied her hair back and put on some comfy jeans, a pull-over jacket and sneakers then came out of the bathroom ready to go. She hardly ever wore any makeup or jewelry. “You’re never going to believe who I bumped into yesterday.”
    “ Who?” Nicole asked, raising her eyebrows.
    Chloe told Nicole how she accidentally – literally – bumped into Josh.
    “ Josh Goldman, your first love?”
    “ You remember him?” Chloe asked, surprised.
    Nicole laughed. “How could I forget? You used to talk about him every day, especially that day you guys kissed.”
    Chloe looked outside the window. “That was my first and last kiss with him.”
    “ You were never the same after he left. You cried yourself to sleep, hoping one day he’d return for you.”
    “ He promised me he would come back and marry me someday.” She stuffed her clothes into her hamper. “Wait, you don’t