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Of course, it ht have been warmer in the tent than outside, but it still wasn’t warm, which ot the ladies of Knit Or Die to pull out all the woollen blankets they’d knitted over the years, and they planned to rent theal had jumped on that idea, and now intended to sell hot drinks and warm snacks at the entrance to the tent

There were two large caravans sitting outside the back of the marquee for the models to use while they waited, each loaned by a supportive citizen of Invertary Kirsty was pleased she’d et first pick and nabbed the Spencer faer, more modern and wasn’t decorated in shades of brown Each of the shops had sorted music for their show and tossed a coin to see ent first Kirsty won Dougal was going to MC the event and had been preparing lingerie-themed jokes that he wouldn’t let anyone hear, which didn’t bode well Kirsty was too nervous about her own part in the events to care about whether Dougal made a fool of himself

The market stalls were set up on the side of theup so h street and went up past Kirsty’s shop Kirsty honestly couldn’t re The place was buzzing with tourists, and in the last couple of days est thing to hit Invertary since the failed declaration of independence in 1832—although most people were pleased that had failed It would have been stupid if Invertary was independent of England and the rest of Scotland wasn’t

Kirsty honestly couldn’t think what else there was to do Everything was organised Everything had been checked a million times over In theory, she had an hour to relax before everyone arrived She chewed her lip There was only one thing she wanted to do She picked up her cell phone and dialled

“Calling to concede?” Lake said

Kirsty smiled as her heart did the happy dance at the sound of his voice

“Actually, I have an hour to kill and I’ve blacked out thein the bedrooht I’d try e”

“I’ll be there in ten seconds”

The line went dead Kirsty grinned widely at her phone

“This is so exciting,” said Rainne as they gathered the lingerie to take down to the runway “Just think, in a couple of hours we’re putting on a fashion show!”

Lake counted the outfits again and tried to think if there was anything he’d forgotten It orse than going over your gear before an overseas operation At least then he kneas supposed to be in his kit Here he was guessing Ex-special serviceon runway shows He shook his head at the thought Anyway, he had the lingerie and all the other crap theso he wasn’t going to touch with a barge pole A erie without his testosterone levels plu, but he was pretty sure that if he even touched a lipstick, his package would shrink It was bad enough that the only calls he got these days from old army buddies were to rib him about frilly knickers He really didn’t need to hear any makeup jokes

“Are you listening to me?” Rainne prodded him in the back

“I am now,” he said as he tried to rub the spot she’d poked “You need to cut your nails, that was sore”

She rolled her eyes

“The whole toill be at the show This has brought the coht business to the area It’s a” She beamed at him “We should do this every year”