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“What about a sandwich? Or a banana?” He was about fivethe assistant to havehere”

“I have a cereal bar in ,” the woman said hesitantly

“Bring it on” He thanked her profusely, but it was gone in two bites

“Come on, Caroline, pick a dress How hard can this be?”

Caroline’s head appeared around the changing roo easy, you pick one”

His eyes lit up He could do this He glanced at his watch And there still would be time for an early dinner “You’re on”

With a long-suffering glance towards heaven, the assistant handed him an iPad, which contained a virtual showrooh the dresses, as Caroline had done about a million years earlier Her choices were on the rack beside hily At last, his hand stilled “This one” He pointed at the dress

The assistant raised an eyebrow, but turned on her heels to fetch it

“You better not have picked red,” Caroline called through the changing roo red”

“Would I do so like that?”

“I honestly have no idea what you’re going to do next”

And that made Josh feel pretty chuffed

At last, the sales assistant swept into the room with a dress wrapped in cellophane Josh patted his sto soon

“There’s a great steak place in here,” Josh called to Caroline There was silence “We can eat so else if you want” His stomach protested loudly His stomach wanted steak

The door to the changing roo open, and Caroline walked out There was a look of complete shock on her face Josh held his breath She spread her arms wide and turned slowly When she looked back at him, her eyes ide and she nibbled on the spot on her bottom lip that he liked so much