He is so cute. No wonder Aunt Ruby fell for him - twice. After we had finished eating dinner, Melanie had dashed back to speak to the special event planner about holding our bridesmaids’ luncheon at the restaurant. “The Bridge Tender is Faye Brock’s favorite restaurant,” she’d told us. “And I’ve asked her to be a bridesmaid. So we’ll hold the luncheon here to please her because she’s such a sweetheart.” Then she left us and that gave me time to have dessert before she returned to whisk me away to Binkie’s in her red Mercedes convertible. We kissed the boys goodnight and drove back to town. My car and my van were both parked downtown, my van still at the Captain’s house. I’d pick it up later and drive out to Jon’s for another night. As much as I love spending the night with him and as fond as I am of his house, I found myself longing to get back into my own home and felt impatience building. I wanted to get to work cleaning up the mess Patsy and Jimmy had left, and to experience the luxury of living in my own space with my own possessions again.
