“You know, I never thought I would say this, but I actually would prefer for you to listen to ‘Truck Yeah’ again. ”
Walking up to her, I grabbed her around her waist and pulled her to me.
“Oh yeah? You don’t like my ‘Cowboy’ song, baby?”
“Um…no. You play it all the damn time, Jeff. I think Ellie is about ready to take away your iPod. ”
“I love my sister, but her taste in music sucks. Speaking of my sister, how was the dress shopping?”
Ari smiled so big it caused me to smile.
“I found it. ”
I picked her up and spun her around. Fucking finally. I was so tired of hearing Ellie and Ari talk about dresses, looking at dresses, and shopping for dresses. I was just about ready to take her to a beach somewhere and marry her in the nude.
“That’s great, baby. I’m so happy you finally found it. Was your mom with y’all?”
Ari smiled. “Yes, and that made it all the more special. Amanda and Heather were there, too. Hey, can I ask you something?”
“Always baby. ”
“Have you talked to Josh lately? Is he still dating Lynda?”
“I talked to him earlier as a matter of fact. He’s coming to your party tomorrow, and yes, he’s still with Lynda. ”
“Huh. ”
“Why? What’s going on? Did you ever able to find out what happened with Heather? I asked Josh, and he’s was very vague. All I know is that what ever happened fucked him up for a few months. ”
“Nope, she hasn’t said anything to Ellie, Amanda or me. She’s changed though, Jeff. She just seems so…lost. It breaks my heart. I know she loved, or loves, Josh, but this crazy idea of him leaving her or whatever bullshit she’s afraid of is just stupid. I mean, he did leave her…at her request. Anyway, she asked about him today. She wanted to know if he was still with Lynda. I told her that I wasn’t sure, since we hadn’t seen him in a few weeks. I guess she’s still dating Jerry. I don’t trust that guy one bit. Heather seems to think he would never do anything to hurt her. I just have a bad, bad feeling about him. ”
I agreed with Ari. I’d already seen the asshole slip a waitress his number. Dickwad.
“You want to know what else I did today?” Ari asked.
“Of course I do. I always want to know what my beautiful girl is up to twenty-four seven. ”
“I went to an appointment that I went to with my mom before we met back up with Ellie. ”
“Really? About the wedding?”
“Nope, not about the wedding at all. ”
I raised my eyebrows at the cute-ass little smirk on her face.
“Do I have to guess, baby, or do I need to get it out of you another way?”
Ari smiled at me with an unbelievable light in her eyes. I just wanted to take her in arms and make love to her. During the last few weeks, she had such a glow about her even though I knew she was stressed about the wedding. Thank God for Jenny and Ellie.
“I went to see Dr. Wyatt today. ”
My heart started to pound. Please God. . .
“Yeah?”
“Yep!” Turning, she walked over to Rose’s stall and leaned against it.
“Ari, you’re killing me. Why did you go see him? Is everything okay?”