Agent Bride by Beverly Long

Author:Beverly Long [Long, Beverly]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2015-11-09T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Jo-Jo’s Bridal Boutique was in a strip mall, in between a dry cleaner’s and a nail salon. They parked in front and watched for a few minutes. Two women, probably a daughter with her mother, came out of the shop carrying a garment bag. No one went in.

“We should be prepared for the possibility that your picture was flashed around here. If G showed your picture to Lena and Pietro, there’s a possibility of that. Sort of a see my beautiful bride, now give me the perfect dress for her kind of moment.”

“How do we play this?”

“As close to the truth as possible. Our goal is to get information on G and the rest of the Mercedes Men. How about we tell them that you recently got married after your fiancé surprised you with a wedding dress but now you’re attempting to resell the dress and you have a buyer who won’t pay the price you’re asking unless she sees an original invoice?”

“They might not be inclined to want to be helpful. After all, every resold dress is one less new dress they might sell.”

“You’ll pull it off,” he said confidently. He opened his door. “Let’s do this.”

The store was small and stuffed with mostly white and ivory bridal gowns. On the far wall was an assortment of colored dresses suitable for bridesmaids.

There was one store clerk, a middle-aged woman with her glasses on the far end of her nose. When she greeted them, she looked over the top of her glasses. “Good afternoon. My name is Ann. What can I help you with?”

“Hi. My name is Mary and this is my stepbrother, Tom. I recently got married. My fiancé surprised me with this gorgeous dress.” She held out Cal’s phone so that the woman could see the picture of the dress and the close-up of the label. “I think he bought it here. It was so sweet. And now I feel terrible but I don’t want him to know about some of my credit card bills. I need to get them paid off before the next statement comes. I’m hoping to resell my dress and I’ve got a buyer but she won’t pay the price I’m asking unless she sees the original receipt. I can’t ask my husband,” she finished.

Ann pushed her glasses up and took another long look at the picture. Then she walked over to one of the racks and flipped through the long dresses. Finally, she turned. “I wish I could help. We sell that designer but not that particular dress. I don’t think he bought it here.”

She bit back her disappointment. “Oh, I’m so sorry to have bothered you, then. You don’t happen to have any idea where he might have gotten it?”

“You might try the Dream a Little Dream on Cleveland Avenue. They’re our biggest competitor.”

She recognized the store name from the list she and Cal had created. “Thank you so much,” she said.

She and Cal walked back to the SUV. He started the car and pulled out of the parking lot.

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