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I’d been blissfully ignorant Not this time I was full metal jacket in the anza and it was going to drive me to the nuthouse Whencharts, andboth the church and the reception to help Mimi predict the traffic patterns on our important day, I’d closed the front door with a cheery wave and collapsed right there in the entryway Simon found me there several minutes later when he handed me a cell phone
"Your mother," he mouthed
"I turned my phone off!" Imy phone, then, doesn’t it?"
"Shit!" I whispered, then took the phone from him "Hi, Moedroom Luckily we’d just had the floor waxed and polished
Once I hung up the phone, I looked up at him from where he’d leftexhausted and more than a little confused
"She didn’t evenchart issues," I explained, handing hiot that How can it be so hard to put all these people in the same room? Hi You’re our loved ones We’d like you to be here with us while we s official and all that You’re our favorite people in the entire world We’re going to feed you roasted beef tenderloin with new baby potatoes dotted with a ed in the hills above San Francisco And you can’t forget about a dead cat long enough to enjoy the Atlantic prawns served over a bed of sautéed arugula accented with a garlic foam?"
"We had to eighty-six the prawns, babe Too arlic foahed, covering his face I crawled from the floor up onto his lap and pried his hands back
"I hear that Want to elope?"
"To at ain "It’s fine It’ll be good Then I get you all to ht about that I’et that same house in Nerja It’s the perfect place for a honeymoon And it’s only a month away"
"A month Only a ht I’d get so cakes took precedence"
"They were really good cakes; don’t tell ood, but nothing’s as good as what youyour apple pie instead of wedding cake," he said, his hands resting on my hips
"That’s sweet, babe But the triple coconut with raspberry creareed Want to co off the back of the couch until he picked yback He had his last trip before the wedding, a teek shoot in Vietnaraphic was sending him to do a study on the newly developed cave syste, just opened for tours in the last two years or so, and the hottest ticket in Vietnaht now There were entire sections that hadn’t been photographed yet, underground rain forests and rivers that hadn’t been seen by hardly anyone Rappelling down rocky slippery cliffs, wading through dark rushing water, dodging bats and bugs the size of dinner plates--it was exactly the kind of thing Simon loved And he’d capture it on fil with him to the deepest, darkest recesses under the earth
"I still can’t believe you can’t put this trip off until after the wedding" I sighed, still perched on his back as he navigated the upstairs hallway
"I think it’swith me," he replied
"True, but mostly I just wish you were here to help "
"Babe, you’ve got Frick and Frack the planning twins co to alphabetize your favors I think you’ll be okay," he said, grabbing his duffel bag fro it onto the bed He dropped me onto the bed athings pretty well at this point And as busy as I’d stayed at work, I was glad for the help But still, there were last- to skip out on so would be about us, and anted?" I asked, watching as T-shirts and shorts went into the bag
"I think aved bye-bye to that a few o, babe, e had three separate discussions about Jordan al they needed to be wrapped in"
"I know, I know I don’t even like alht?"
"Yes, it’s still us Us, and three hundred of our closest friends"
"Ugh Three hundred It sounds insane when I say it, but when I go through the list, I don’t knoe’d cut out at this point," I cried, laying back against the pillows The guest list had ballooned up and up until it was beyond ridiculous Most of Si west for the wedding, which onderful to see His childhood neighbors, the Whites, were co as well He was very happy when he saw their RSVP