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Not long after Mark takes Cynthia home, the near frantic client, Ms Parker arrives with her wedding party’s dresses and her oedding gown

Unzipping several garlance it’s not the end of the world

A little torn lace here and a few ed and I have trouble seeing anything wrong with it, but she insists we have it all dry cleaned and repaired by tomorrow afternoon

The dry cleaner opens at eight, and they pick up and deliver I can have the alterations and repairs done in about an hour

She leaves a littleday jitters on top of this small drama

Seeing her out of the store, I sigh loudly before puffing air out of my cheeks

The lights di flashes across the sky, but I don’t mind

I love the rain and eather

As long as I have enough light to work by, I’ll be fine

I think again about Brandon About everything that happened today

Maybe I was reading just a little too much into it all

Maybe I saw and heard what I wanted to because I was so hurt, convinced that yet another eligibleout

I flick offsure to leave the displaylights on

The lightning flashes wildly outside and I can hear the ancient building creak around me as the wind starts to howl

There’s so more wild than the weather out there too

I can feel it

Dark, piercing eyes

Watching me

Waiting

Without even thinking about it, without even knohy I calmly unlock the front door to the store and head back over to my work

Doing a little waiting of my own

Chapter Eight

Brandon

Another car, another person

It makes my jaw flex with impatience

Is this a god da store? How o…

But I recognize the woet her name, but she and her husband run the show