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Daniel said. “And I know her. She wouldn’t deliver a project if it wasn’t perfectly made. So you have to cut her some slack.”
    Emmy looked at Daniel and gave him a small smile. Daniel gave her a nod.
    “Wow, you want me to cut her some slack but you do not want to listen to me?” Ruby said. “What do all of you want? Do you want me to just say that this is okay and that it’s alright for me to wear a wedding dress that’s cut in half? That’s not fair!”
    “We’re just saying that this could be an accident.” Emmy said. “Because I am sure that I gave you the best kind of dress that I could give.”
    “It’s not an accident.” Ruby said. “Someone did this. Look!” She said as she pulled out a small piece of card from her pocket. “That note was in the box of this dress!”
    Emmy took it from her and was shocked at what she read.
    “I can cut this dress in half and I can cut you in half, too.
    Be very careful.”
    “That is horrible!” Rhoda said as she read the note, too.
    “That’s insane.” Daniel said. “You sure this was in the box?”
    “What? You think I planted it there?”
    “No one’s saying that.” Edward tried to calm Ruby down. “No one’s saying that at all, hun.”
    “I can’t believe this.” Emmy said. “Why would this even happen? That card was not there when I gave it to you. I’m sure about that.”
    “But whoever put that there is threatening me.” Ruby said. “Maybe someone got hold of the box and put it there to drive me away from here.”
    “Honey, who would think about that?” Edward asked. “And why would they want to drive you away from here?”
    “I don’t know.” Ruby said. “Maybe because whoever this person is, he or she must hate me a lot or might be threatened by me.”
    “We’ll ask for an investigation.” Emmy said and took a deep breath.
    “No, I don’t want that.” Ruby said.
    “What?”
    “I’m just saying that it would delay the wedding and I wouldn’t want to see any cops around here. They’re going to freak me out.” She then looked at Emmy. “I just want you to make me a new dress. A prettier one…a safer one. Can you do that?”
    “You want me to make you a new dress?”
    “That’s your job, right?” Ruby said. “I’m not going to wear a dress from Target or anything.”
    Emmy took a deep breath. “Fine.” She said. “I’ll make you a new dress then.”
    “Okay.” Edward said. “So...should we start the wine-tasting now or—“
    “I think I’ll pass on that.” Ruby said. “You take care of that, Edward, you know how alcohol should taste. Let’s just move on to the cake testing tomorrow, okay? I’m going to bed now.” She dropped the dress on the floor and got out of the shop.
    “Good lord.” Rhoda said. She could not believe that someone could just drop a dress on the floor and walk out like that.
    Edward was embarrassed, too. He was an annoying, argumentative and overly confident man but somehow, he also cannot take the fact that Ruby was acting that way. “I’m so sorry about that.” He said as he picked up the dress from the floor. “I’ll just—“
    “No.” Emmy said as she took the dress from him. “Leave it. Maybe we can use it as a tablecloth or something.” She said sarcastically.
    “I’m really sorry.” Edward told her. “She’s never really been that way. I mean, she could be a bitch sometimes but she’s never been as bratty as this. I don’t know what’s gotten into her.”
    “Maybe you should try to know what.” Daniel said.
    “Yeah, maybe.” Edward said. “But you know, maybe this is just the bridezilla in her that’s acting up.” He laughed. “She wants to be hands on with everything and of course, seeing her dress that way really ticked her off.”
    “Of course it did.” Emmy said.
    “So…I should go now.” Edward said. “We’ll see you tomorrow.”
    “Go ahead.” Emmy said and they watched him walk out of the room, too. She then looked at Daniel