His "wedding present" was flying everyone down and the best part of it was sitting at her feet. Cooper was clawing into the carpet on the plane as they traveled to Key West. Stella bent over and rubbed her hand along Cooper’s back over and over. Ever since she'd gotten pregnant, he'd been overly protective. She guessed it was true what that say about animals being able to sense things.George leaned into her and kissed her cheek. "You good?"She nodded. The elephant in the room, or plane, was that Patrick was not going to be at their wedding. Stella was trying to understand. She knew he loved her in a way she couldn’t return, but she hoped he would eventually keep his promise. He'd told her at the beach nothing would change, he’d whispered it in her ear. He’d sung it into her heart before they had sex and he lied, again. Everything changed, but she had hope that her person would come back.Millie, Fred and Billy talked in hushed voices at another section of couches in the plane. Billy laughed at something Fred said and tipped back a Bloody Mary.
