Chapter 85

Thirty minutes later, Renee pulled into the parking lot of the dress shop. She went ahead in while Jesse got Christian out. He sat on a bench outside of the dressing rooms while he waited on Renee. Valerie sat beside him while Renee put the dress on.

“So, I was talking to Tabitha about honeymoon ideas. She said you guys never took one. She seems to really want one. Oh, I’m Valerie by the way. Nice to meet you, Mark,” Valerie said as she held out her hand to Jesse.

Jesse shook it and said, “Hi, Valerie. Nice to meet you, too. Tabitha has mentioned the honeymoon to me. I was thinking about it.”

“Don’t think too long on it. Every woman wants that dream wedding and honeymoon. Tabitha is no different. I’ve seen the way she looks at the dresses and the way she looks when she talks about how the wedding will be set up. She wants that. I take it that you guys never had a real wedding?” Valerie asked.

“No. It was just a courthouse wedding,” Jesse lied.

“Oh. Do you love her?”