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"Girls, girls" Helen returned with a salesclerk

"I wonder how long it’ll be before she considers us wo Summer felt more like a French poodle than a bride She’d been shaed and moisturized She’d been in and out of more clothes than a New York fashion model And she was exhausted

The idea of a white suit for the wedding was one of the first ideas to go Before Suue, she was draped in satin and silk fro," Helen said

Summer wasn’t sure she could trust her ht"

"But what about April?"

"What about it?" Helen’s hands flew into the air "You’ll wear the dress twice Big deal No one needs to know"

She tried another argueetsto be two cere train for the photographer as on his way, then handed Su to throw that, just be sure and aiot it"

"Not yet, I haven’t," Julie reminded her

A knock sounded at the door, and Helen answered it Surapher her father had hired

A fewman "Summer, this is James’s father, Walter You should’ve told e himself"

Summer would have been happy to, had she known

"My, oh, my," Walter said as he entered the room He stood in front of Summer, hands on his hips, and he slowly shook his head "And where did as," Suive up hope for that son of mine It seemed to me he’d settled a little too comfortably into bachelorhood This colad you came to meet me and my family, especially on such short notice"

Walter withdrew a thick cigar from the inside of his suit pocket and examined the end of it "Wouldn’t have missed it for the world"

Walter sat down and ar to his inside pocket "I quit so and I still miss it Every now and then I take one out and look at it, just for the thrill"

Su to like James’s father

"To be frank, I didn’t think that boy of e," Suer to defend her husband-to-be

"When it comes to the law, James is one of the finest men on the bench He seems to be worried about the November election, but as far as I can see, he won’t have a proble else entirely"

Su down, too Both her mother and Julie had rapher had yet to show up, she decided to relax

"Have you seen Ja him dreadfully

"Oh, yes"

"How is he?" She folded her hands, wondering what Jaotten involved in all this Everything had seeht before

"He’s pacing in his roon

"It’s just as well this wedding’s going to happen less than an hour from now I don’t think your father and brother could keep Jaer than that"

Suht I’d see the day my boy would fall head over heels in love like this"

"But he was engaged before I know about Christy Manning"

"Ah, yes, Christy She’s a dear girl, and Jas for her, but deep down I believe what he found so attractive about Christy was her family There’s quite a difference between the love Ja As you’ll recall, he was content to stay engaged to Christy for a good long while But you…He’sHis, too, from the looks of him You’ve thrown him for quite a loop"

"I love Ja, "very much"

"Good I hope the two of you will seriously consider randchild or two to spoil"

"We’d like to have four"

"Four" Walter nodded, looking pleased "But you’re worried about so how he knew "My biggest fear is that I’ht inadvertently harm his career"

"What makes you think that?"

"I have this tendency to speak "

"You will until I put ive you an example…" She hesitated, not sure she should continue, then realized she couldn’t very well stop now "I’et married"