Fully Ignited by Stacey Shannon

Author:Stacey, Shannon [Stacey, Shannon]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Carina Press
Published: 2016-02-29T18:30:00+00:00

ELEVEN

SINCE LYDIA AND ASHLEY both planned to make breakfast for their guys before hitting the mall, Jamie made herself a breakfast sandwich on an English muffin in the morning. She wasn’t much of a breakfast eater and preferred to wait a few hours before a meal, but she’d learned on the job to eat when she had the chance.

After throwing on jeans and a T-shirt with a light hoodie, along with her comfortable walking sneakers, she steeled her nerves for the drive to the mall. She’d been tempted to ask them to swing by and pick her up, but then they would have had to backtrack. And she was trying to learn the neighborhood while sharpening her Boston driving skills. She couldn’t do that while riding around as a passenger in somebody else’s car, and even that was scary sometimes.

After parking in front of the store entrance they’d told her to meet them at, she locked her car and headed across the parking lot. It was already more crowded than she’d expected, considering the mall had just opened. Lydia and Ashley were sitting on a bench, drinking out of paper cups, and they waved when they saw her.

“We weren’t sure you were coming,” Lydia said.

“Sorry I’m late,” she said, thankful it was only by fifteen minutes. “I still don’t have the hang of driving here. I swear, I can drive to the same place six times and it will take me a different amount of time to get there each time I go. Is there a bridal shop here?”

“Oh, I’m not doing a gown. I just want something nice, like a cocktail dress, maybe. Fancy, but not too formal. There are some high-end stores in this mall that might have something.”

“We’re trying not to do all the small boutique stores,” Ashley said. “We don’t have time for that and I don’t want to walk that much.”

In the second store, they found Ashley’s dress. It was a fit-and-flare style in a dark emerald that suited her figure and coloring as though it had been designed just for her. They were about to give up on the mall when Lydia pulled a dress off a rack and they all sighed. A cream-colored sheath with a cream lace overlay, it was elegant and simple, but not plain. It was very Lydia and when she tried it on, Jamie wasn’t surprised when Ashley got teary-eyed.

Jamie watched the sisters bond over the dress, remembering going through this moment with each of her sisters. They’d both had big weddings, so the process had been a lot more grueling for her, but the emotional payoff was the same.

“What are you wearing?” Ashley asked, looking at Jamie while they waited for the dress to be put into a garment bag.

Her eyes widened. “Me? I don’t know yet. And nobody cares what I’m wearing.”

“When’s the last time you dressed up?” Lydia asked.

“I don’t know. I went to a promotion ceremony not too long ago. And there was a plaque dedication.

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