All of Me: A Holiday Bites Novel by Heather Young-Nichols & Holiday Bites

Author:Heather Young-Nichols & Holiday Bites [Young-Nichols, Heather]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-02-03T16:00:00+00:00

13

Harrison

Luna had said she was going to call my mom on Wednesday to see if she wanted to go dress shopping with her and Jessica. That night when I was at work, I got a call from my mom. She was just lucky enough to catch me on my dinner break.

“Hey. What’s up?” I asked when she answered.

“Did you know Luna was calling me today?” she asked with tears in her voice because, yes, I could hear them.

“I did.”

“Harrison.” She sniffed. “Do you have any idea how much it means to me that she wants to include me in this?”

I smiled at that. Mom loved Luna and while she wouldn’t want to overstep any boundaries, she wanted to be a comfort in light of everything Luna had lost. She’d told me that more than once.

“I think I do.”

“Thank you for asking her to do that.”

I scrunched up my eyebrows. “I didn’t ask her to invite you. She asked me if I thought you’d want to go. I said that you would.”

“It’s just such a hard time for a girl not to have her mom and if I can help in any way, I want to be there for her.”

“She knows that, Mom,” I told her, my heart growing over how much my family loved my girl. “Obviously, or she probably wouldn’t have asked. When are you going?”

“She said Saturday afternoon. We’re going to Natalie’s Bridal in Traverse City. It’s the closest. Luna and I talked for a few minutes about what she was thinking and while you’re not allowed to see the dress, I don’t think I’m spoiling anything.”

“You haven’t said anything.” Other than the name of the shop and while that did give me an idea, it wasn’t exactly a picture of her dress.

“Well, I asked her what she was thinking and she doesn’t want a big wedding dress, but she does want something beautiful with color.”

That smile grew. “That’s my Luna.”

“And Harrison, your dad and I would like to pay for it for her. Do you think that’s overstepping?”

“You don’t have to do that. Luna and I are paying for everything.”

“I know,” she said quietly. “But her mom would’ve insisted on paying for her dress, I think, so we’d like to do it if it’s OK with her.”

I wasn’t really worried about the money. Not because any of us were rolling in it, but Luna didn’t have expensive taste and there was no chance she’d spend thousands of dollars on a dress.

“She just opened a business and while she said it’s going well, I know that can be a stress on the savings account,” she said as if to justify what she wanted to do. “And so did you.”

“Yeah, but we’re OK, Mom.”

She let out a long, put-upon sigh. “I know you are. Are you saying I’d be overstepping?”

I thought about that for a minute. Would Luna think she was? No. I didn’t think so. “How about this,” I told her. “Offer. If Luna really doesn’t want you to, don’t push.

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