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“She would love that,” he said. “She's been having the worst day.”
“Yeah,” I replied and looked towards her direction once again. I could see, unfortunately, though, that Lindsey and Victoria were flocking around her and looking my direction, and it made me wonder if they were crazy enough to suggest that I was making a move on her fiancé because the more they talked and looked towards me, the darker Aurora's expression became.
I sighed and continued with my phone, taking all the information needed for her favorites. Victoria started to head over to me then, and I concluded my inquiry and went in the opposite direction before she could reach me.
On my way, I called Scott once again and informed him that I would be coming to the city.
“Get the driver in the compound to take you,” he said, and the said driver found me as soon as I returned to the house. A few minutes later, we were headed out to run all the errands needed for later that evening.
Chapter Forty-Five
Drake
I was startled awake by people walking down the hallway. My eyes came open in the quiet of the hospital room, and instantly, my attention went to my mother. She was sleeping peacefully, I hoped, and recovering, and I couldn't help but pull out my phone to take her picture. She hated being photographed in these moments, so whenever I could, and whenever she wouldn’t give me hell over it, I took pictures for my own memory and to show Aurora when she eventually found out.
We had agreed that we would tell her after she and her husband returned from their honeymoon. We didn’t want anything whatsoever to ruin their enjoyment of this special time together, so we were willing to bear all the inconveniences arising as a result.
Speaking of inconveniences, I went over to my messages and found that besides some work situations, no updates had been sent to me. From my father even, and especially not from Evelyn. So, I called Scott, and he immediately picked up.
Not wanting to disturb my mother, I headed out and spoke freely to him.
“Where are you both now?” I asked. “Everything going well?”
“I think so, Sir,” he replied. “We’re at the wedding dress shop now, but they seem to be having a problem finding Miss Moran’s dress. The one she preferred.”
“There's a dress she preferred?” I asked, wondering why she hadn't gone with that after all. What difference would it have made?
“Turn on your video,” I said, and he did as instructed. I looked then, and it wasn’t hard to spot the gorgeous woman in khaki shorts and a white polo shirt, digging through wedding dresses.
Her hair was in a high ponytail, and just like that, I recalled just how much I had missed her. For the next minute, all I could do was watch her as she conversed with the attendant and inspected several dresses until, curiously, Scott's face appeared on the screen once again and obstructed my view.
“Sir,” he called, and I groaned.
“Yeah?”
“Is there any way we can help?” I considered his question, and just as I was about to say no, an idea occurred to me. I turned then, glanced back at my mother's room, and told him to hold on.
When I got in, I could see her eyelashes slightly move, and I was convinced then that she was awake or perhaps just lightly sleeping. So, I headed over and placed a soft kiss on her cheek.
It took a few seconds, but eventually, she stirred, and then her beautiful, gentle eyes opened.
“Hey, baby,” she said, and I smiled. It had been so long since she called me that, but it was endearing all the more to hear.
“I might need a little help from you,” I said, and she nodded.
“Sure.”
“Don't task yourself too hard with remembering, but do you know anything about an alternative wedding dress that Rory wanted?”
She pondered on this for a moment, and then she nodded.
“Yeah. It was the first one she agreed on when we went searching, but it was too hippie. A lot of rough-cut lace, the weirdest bows.”
This amused me as I understood now why it wasn’t selected.
“Well, we have a surprise wedding that we’re planning for her tonight, which hopefully you’ll be attending, so we want her to have the dress that she wants.”
“Oh,” she said, slightly surprised by this. “Really? I'll be able to get out of here that soon?”
