Lucky's Choice(61)

“This isn’t fair.”

The dressing room door opened, and the saleswoman zipped her up.

“Let’s show your friends.” She gave Willa’s hand a tight squeeze, leading her into the other room.

Lily and Beth both blinked back emotional tears.

“That’s it!” Beth jumped up, hugging her.

Willa stared at herself in the mirror as a veil was placed on her head.

“How much is it?” Willa croaked.

“Fifteen hundred.”

“It’s too expensive. I’m sorry I wasted your time.”

Lily stood, stopping her from leaving. “It’s Beth’s and my gift to you. Willa, the dress was made for you.” Lily kissed her on the cheek, hugging her close.

“I can’t accept—”

“Oh, yes, you can,” Lily stopped her. “You’ve given us and the clubhouse enough cakes and candy to pay for the dress. Please, Willa, we both want you to have something special. You deserve a beautiful day.”

“It’s too much.” Willa shook her head.#p#分页标题#e#

“I have an idea. If you don’t feel comfortable wearing this one to the courthouse, you buy the other white dress to wear. Then wear this one to the reception at the church,” Lily reasoned.

“We’re not taking no for an answer. We’re buying the dress, and you can wear which one you want Saturday.” Beth motioned for the saleswoman who was exuberant at selling two dresses.

Willa stood as she was fitted then went back to the dressing room to put her clothes back on. She should go back outside and tell the women no then go home.

Willa returned to the front of the store with every intention of following through with her decision, but found Lily and Beth both waiting by the front door.

“We have to hurry, or you’re going to miss your appointment with Sex Piston.”

Beth and Lily both went outside.

Willa caught up with them at her van. “What appointment?”

“Don’t you remember? Sex Piston made a hair appointment for you at her shop during your bachelorette party.”

“I don’t remember that. I’ll call and cancel. I told Evie I would be gone an hour. I can’t leave her babysitting while I get my hair done.”

“She already knows.” Lily opened the van door, climbing into the back, and Beth sat down in the passenger seat.

“This is going to be bad,” Willa muttered, getting in behind the steering wheel.

“What did you say?” Beth’s curious eyes stared at her as she started the van.

“This is going to be fun.”



Lucky disconnected the call. If Train called him one more time, he was going to drive to Ohio and kick his ass. Shade had won the bet, and none of the other brothers wanted to leave town. He also hadn’t talked to Willa about the club, fulfilling his own side of the bet. He needed to tell her before Sissy did; leaving her without the information made Willa vulnerable.

He punched in Willa’s number, and it took several rings before she answered.

“Hello?”

“We need to have a talk. Are you doing anything tonight?”

“I’m busy tonight. How about tomorrow? We could meet at my house at one. Leanne and Charlie will be at school, and the girls will be taking a nap.”

“I’ll see you then.”

“All right.”

Lucky hung up, already dreading the meeting. Willa was too innocent to understand the sexual side of the club. Worse still, she was going to be disgusted and angry that Sissy had found out. It was a good thing their engagement wasn’t for real, because he had a feeling she was going to throw that cheap-ass ring at him.

When his cell phone rang again, he promised himself, if it was Train again, he was going to change his fucking number. Looking at the caller ID, however, he saw it was Knox.

“What’s up, brother?”

“I have some good news. One of the investigators found the kids’ relative, and he’s flying in from Texas. I’m going to meet his plane in Lexington in the morning. We’ll be in Treepoint by noon.”

“He’s willing to take the kids?”

“Yes, he owns a ranch and has a housekeeper. I checked him out, and the state will, too, before they give him custody of the children, but I don’t see a problem. He’s a bounty hunter who works his ranch until he’s called out on a job. He said he’ll take a couple of months off to get them settled before he goes back to work. He’s used to catching felons on the run and has staff working on his ranch, so he doesn’t think the kids are going to give him any trouble. Your ass is off the line.”#p#分页标题#e#

“Willa’s going to take it hard. She’s grown attached to them.”