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I suspected Kiic words--spare no expense

"This is Olivia She’ll be our consultant for the evening and has assured me we can take all the time we need" On a typical day, Kleinfeld ran on an alet brides in and out at a rapid-fire pace so they could make as many sales as possible in as short aas possible To throw appointers believed le purchase wouldthe center of such focused attention Olivia was counting on uess I’d better step up and be a good little bride Once I had a dress, I could get the hell out of here, and that would be worth whatever cost was on the tag

"All righty," I said with a set started"

Kiit and Mercedes in a waiting area In this part of the salon the pinkness of the waiting room vanished, replaced by white, white and more white I’d never seen so much colorlessness inrooan Cut, color--apparently a dozen different kinds of white existed, froht back toall the layers of tulle and princessy poof, and described the exact opposite I wanted sliant

"If I see poof, I won’t even try it on," I warned Olivia

"Of course" Olivia nodded sagely,you in a big dress You’re such a petite thing"

Ki a specific vision of ot used a lot,to her "I want her to look like a queen," she concluded

"She will be unforgettable," Olivia pro in the roos in a ht was followed shortly by, What the hell is wrong with me?

The first dress I tried on was a shade Olivia called blush, but I was nobody’s fool It was pink and had a giant flower belownoredplanner regarded ive her opinion until she had assessed o show the girls!" Olivia suggested, excite before she’d draped the rosy monstrosity over my head, and this cupcake topper of a dress was valued at a staggering twenty-five thousand dollars I would pay that ain

I was paraded in front of the girls Brigit loved it, to no one’s surprise, and Mercedes did her best to cover her laughter with a cough, but she coughed so et Cedes sohed and s else"

Three dresses later I was developing a lace rash and running out of patience How could any bride in her right mind look forwards to this part of the experience? Even without the extra skirts and bustles, the dresses were heavy and cu of each bodice threatened to cut offuilty about the super-hot sex I’d had before I got here

My iht a new dress to replace one I’d rejected, I would groan To keep ht theer sandwiches I’ to be added toas they were enjoying thehter that erupted every ti way ood at this," I complained to Kiirl who feels her wedding is the best day of her life I don’t care about this stuff" I pointed to the wall of silk, satin and the godforsaken tulle

Ignoring my uncharacteristic outburst of honesty, Kimberly smiled at me and patted my arm with a forced sisterly compassion "It will be worth it when you see the look on Lucas’s face the first tiine thetoat Desmond’s dead body while he asked uess"

Olivia returned a ain, itchy lace draped over my shoulder and my back exposed The dress was pretty, but I wish so out, I stepped onto the platforet a look at what fifty-seven pounds of Venetian lace did for my five-foot-four frame I turned so they could see the bare back

Which was how I saw the gun