Chapter 49

Tad was sitting on the bed, his head in his hands.

“Rush, what’s going on?” Mopp swallowed as Tad raised his head. He looked wrecked, and not in a good way.

Oh, geez, was he going to call off the wedding?

But how could he? Mopp had never seen any two people as in love as Tad and Rush. Well, except maybe for JT and Mr. Jackson.

“What’s wrong, Rush? How can I help?”

“I’ll tell you what’s wrong.” He’d never seen Rush—sweet-tempered, mild-mannered Rush—so furious. “Tadder just got off the phone with his mother, and she’s not coming. Neither is his grandfather, or his aunt or that mealy-mouthed husband of hers, or his cousins.”

“Rush, you didn’t have to—” Tad started to protest weakly.

“Yes, I did. The last thing we want is your father or JT coming in here to see what’s holding us up and seeing how upset you are.”

“You could go—”

Again Rush interrupted him. “No, I couldn’t. You need me here, and that’s exactly where I’m going to be.”