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“And if she really throws a temper tantrum and is going to cause us to fall behind in our schedule then she will be hearing from our lawyers.”
When she saw her in, Avery tapped Sabrina on the shoulder.
Her friend barely spared her a glance as she said, “One second.”
She turned her attention back to Maura and continued “She needs to be in that ballroom in ten minutes—” Then she did a double take of Avery and let out a scream. “What?!”
Avery laughed as Sabrina pulled her into a huge bear hug. For a second there she thought maybe her surprise wasn’t going to be as well received as she’d thought it would.
“What are you doing here?!” Sabrina squealed as she pulled back and put her hands on Avery’s face. “I didn’t even recognize you because I thought you were in Greece!”
“I’m not,” Avery stated the obvious.
“I can see that.” Sabrina looked around. “Is Jude here? Where’s Jacob?”
“I’ll explain everything later. I know you’re busy, I just wanted to say hi.”
Sabrina’s gaze landed on Avery again and her eyes narrowed a second before she waved her hand toward Maura. “I’ll be back in one minute.”
A tight grin pulled at Maura’s lips as she nodded, clearly feeling overwhelmed and not wanting Sabrina leaving her alone.
Sabrina didn’t seem to notice Maura’s reaction as she hooked her arm through Avery’s and pulled her into the first available empty room. As soon as the door was shut, she turned around and demanded, “Talk. Fast. Go.”
“I didn’t get married. On the morning of the wedding, I went to Jude’s room and found him in bed with Celeste.”
“Celeste?” Sabrina repeated. “The nanny?”
“Yep.”
“I mean, it’s a little cliché, but Jude never was an original.”
Avery chuckled. She loved how Sabrina looked at things. Everyone else that had found out what happened had either responded with relief that she hadn’t gone through with the wedding, or horror and pity over what he’d done. Sabrina was just…pragmatic. It was probably what made her a good producer.
“What did you do?”
“I told him we were done, packed up, and came here.”
“Wow. Are you okay?”
Avery nodded. “Yeah.”
A loud knock sounded on the door before a male voice announced, “Cameras up in five!”
“Shit.” Sabrina looked down at her Apple watch. “I have to go. We have the first-impression mixer. Come with me and watch.”
Avery shook her head. “No.”
“Please!” Sabrina begged giving Avery the big puppy dog eyes that had convinced her to go streaking in the quad, to go to frat parties, to have “one drink”, to basically do anything other than study, go to classes, and work which was all Avery would have done in college if it weren’t for her best friend. “You can’t just surprise me by being here, drop the Jude-fucked-the-nanny-on-my-wedding-day bomb on me, and then leave me.”
“I don’t want to get in the way.”
“You won’t. We’ll be tucked in the back in video village. You can sit and just watch. No one will see you, I promise.”
Sabrina knew that Avery hated being in front of crowds or having any attention on her.
“Okay,” Avery agreed.
She told herself that she was doing it for Sabrina, and she was. But she had to admit, she was curious to see what Keaton would be like around the women. Would he flirt with them? Would he smile and brush the hair out of their face? Would helookat them the same way he looked at her?
