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The car was in mint condition hite leather interior He loved that car But what he couldn’t wrap his mind around was the fact that Felicia wanted it, rather than him, in the parade

“You want to borrow my car,” he confirmed

“Yes For the parade” She drew her eyebrows together “You do knohat a parade is, don’t you? If not, I’m happy to explain”

“I have a basic idea of what’s involved” The car Huh He never would have guessed that “Okay You’re welcome to my car”

“Thank you I’ll be in touch to ements”

With that, she hurried away Jonny stared after her, then shook his head He was the one who’d wanted to be treated like everyone else He should be grateful only his car was going to be in the parade

He continued walking and saw Paper Moon up ahead The big front s displayed wedding gowns along with shoes and veils When he stepped into the store, he paused to glance around

A few years ago he’d dated a set designer Fronificant details could set the mood or ruin the moment That a misplaced lamp could produce aard shadows and that furniture created movement

Now he took in the high ceilings, the plush furniture, the elegant ar directed the eye toward a kind of dais placed in front of a half circle of ten-foot-high uess that customers stepped up in front of those mirrors and immediately becaht of the big day, he thought

To his left were racks of wedding gowns An open doorway led to another room, also filled with dresses, but they were for the bridesuess

“Jonny”

He turned and saw Madeline approaching She was still dressed in black—this time a sweater and slim pants Her hair avy, her , he thought Brides would like that

“Thanks for co here,” she said as she stopped in front of hiirlie stuffyou sweat?”

He chuckled “Not even close You forget, in my job I have to wear makeup”

“That’s right Then I won’t feel guilty for asking you to visit my office”

“Don’t I like coave me an excuse” He looked at the dresses “They’re like costumes A woman puts them on and becomes someone else for the day”