PREPARATIONS (2)

< Athaire Starlight Hotel

UTC+2 0930 AM SAT

Bride Waiting Room >

Jenny looked down on her dress. It was beautiful. But now that Angel was here and had forgiven her, everything would go well. It always did when Angel was around. Her guardian angel since her college days. The kindest person in the world. A sister. Whom she had betrayed.

"No, no, you can't cry now. I won't stand for the bride ruining her make-up again," Mrs. Thorne chirped in from behind her. A knock on the door called her attention away.

"Mrs. Thorne, your husband is here," a hotel employee announced.

"Ex-husband," she emphasized to him, and to Jenny, "would you excuse me for a moment, sweetheart?" Before Jenny could reply, Mrs. Thorne was already at the door, greeting her ex-husband with an icy stare.

"You're late."

"I told you I still had a meeting," Spencer replied with clear exhaustion in his voice.

"And you're at the wrong door. Our son is getting ready across the floor," she continued unimpressed and waved one of her hands overflowing with big, colorful, glass rings towards a door across the hall.

"Got it." Spencer turned around but just before he could reach the other side, Mrs. Thorne called out to him again.

"And Spencer," she lowered her voice and stared at him icily, "I swear, if you dare to bring any work up today, I will have you escorted out immediately."

"Yes, mam," Spencer replied cheerily and entered the room. "Joffrey."

"You're here, father?" Joff's voice could barely be caught as the door fell into place.