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“AH! I love this.” She grinned, walked over, and hugged me. “I’m sorry I wasn’t here when you first opened. I couldn’t leave the toilet. This little one is killing me with morning sickness.”
“It’s okay.” I hugged her tight. “Don’t forget about tonight. You have to try on your dress, and we must go over the wedding flowers. We’re running out of time.”
“I haven’t forgotten. I’ll be there. I’m so excited to see what you’ve done.”
“I will say that it’s some of my best work.” I smiled.
After Adalyn, Alfred, and Luis left, I continued to help the customers who filtered into the shop. Glancing at my watch, it was already noon, and Alex hadn’t bothered stopping in yet. I wouldn’t say I wasn’t disappointed because I was.
It was three-thirty when I heard the bell ding. Glancing over, I saw Alex and Lucy.
“It looks great in here.” Alex smiled.
“Hi. Hi, Lucy.”
“Hey.”
“I’m sorry I didn’t get a chance to stop in earlier. It’s been a crazy day,” he said.
“I hadn’t even noticed. It’s been really busy since I opened the doors.”
“That’s good. The residents love having a florist back in town.”
“Can we go, Dad?” Lucy asked.
“Why don’t you go and pick out a bouquet of flowers for Mara?” he said.
“Okay.” She ran to the coolers.
“It really looks great in here, Hannah. Congratulations.”
“Thanks, Alex.” I softly smiled.
“I like this one, Dad.” Lucy walked over with a bouquet of mixed flowers.
“They’re beautiful. Mara will love them.”
I took them to the register, rang them up, wrapped them, and handed the bouquet to Lucy.
“Can we go now?” Lucy looked at Alex.
“You bet. I’ll talk to you later, Hannah. Again, congratulations.”
“Thank you, Alex. Bye, Lucy.”
She walked out of the store without saying a word. Sighing, I looked at Mary.
“At least he stopped in,” she said.
“Yeah, at least he did.” I turned and grabbed some flowers from the cooler for an arrangement.
Something was off with him. I noticed it the second he walked into the shop.
I closed up the shop at six o’clock and headed home. Adalyn was coming over at seven, giving me enough time to go over the dress before she arrived. There was a knock at the door, and I knew it wasn’t Adalyn yet. She had just texted me to say she was on her way. Opening the door, Lucy stood there staring at me.
“Mara wants to know if you have any milk. She’s making something and doesn’t have enough.”
“I do. Come on in.”