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three months away! How the hell are we supposed to find a
new venue that has an opening in June? It's it's completely
impossible." Kate's eyes were full of tears suddenly, and she
sniffled and dug in her pockets, bring out wadded up Kleenex.
"And these are awful. Do you have any tissues?"
"Of course," Philip said. He went over and took a box from
the end table and brought it to her.
"Thank you. I'm going to sit down. Can I sit down?" she
said. Now that he looked at her more closely, Levi could see
that her eyes were red and swollen. He went over and sat
down next to her, put an arm around her.
"It'll be okay, I promise," he said rashly. "We'll find
another place."
"Or we'll plan the quickest wedding in history," Philip said,
then stopped. "Actually..."
"Do you really think we could?" Kate sniffled again and
wiped at her eyes before looking at him trustingly. "I mean ...
two weeks."
"But you've arranged so much of it already," Philip told
her. "If the reception hall is on board, that's the vast majority
of the problem right there. Oh, except for the church."
"Cooper's dealing with the church. I told him there was no
point, because we couldn't possibly get married in two weeks,
but he insisted on going over there." She blew her nose. "But
what are we going to do about bridesmaid's dresses? And I
wasn't supposed to choose the flowers until next week!"
"We have resources," Philip said. Standing there, he
looked like someone who could accomplish anything. Levi
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certainly believed him. "We'll get the dresses this weekend,
and order the flowers. We can phone the invitations people
will understand or maybe even email some of them."
"I can design something," Levi offered. "An invitation. For
the email."
Kate kissed his cheek. "Thank you. You guys are just
thank you so much. You really think we can do this?"
Levi and Philip looked at each other. "Absolutely," Philip
said, speaking for both of them.
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Chapter Five
Once the news came in from Cooper that the church could
arrange for the change in dates "Of course it can," Kate said
bitterly. "Who the hell wants to get married in March?" they
decided the best thing to do was go ahead with it.
"Besides," Levi said, "this way you can take your
honeymoon when the weather here is still cold and miserable.
You'll appreciate it that much more."
"That's true," Kate said, perking up. "Oh, I have to call the
airlines and the hotel, too. I need a list. I need a list the size
of my arm."
"You might have to settle for this," Mr. Dixon said, handing
her a leather-bound notebook with what looked like a silver
pen attached to it. "Make a master list, then you can delegate
jobs as necessary."
Cooper came down the main stairs of the Dixons'
mansion really, Levi needed to stop thinking about it that
way, even in his own head with Ashley.
"Daddy!" Ashley let go of Cooper's hand and ran down the
last few steps and across the room to where Philip was
sitting. "Uncle Cooper says we're going shopping today!"
"We are," Philip said. "To buy you a beautiful dress for
Cooper and Kate's wedding; won't that be fun?"
"Yay!" Ashley jumped up and down and clapped her hands.
"Is Levi coming with us?"
"Um," Levi said, when Philip looked at him questioningly.
"Well ... I guess I could. I need to design the invitations, but I
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can do that this evening. I think." He looked at Kate to make
sure that was going to be okay with her, but she was
diligently scribbling in her notebook. "Kate?"
"Hm?" She lifted her face without taking her eyes off what
she was writing. "What?"
"Is it okay if I go dress shopping with Philip and Ashley and
do the invitation design for the email tonight?"
"Oh. Mmmhmm. Yes, sure, that's fine. Okay, flowers the
cake "
Mrs. Dixon came in with coffee cups on a tray and set it on
the table. "I called the bakery earlier. They're going to check
their schedule and get back to me before noon about whether
they'll be able to manage it at such short notice."
"That's okay," Kate said. "The reception hall said they
could provide a cake if our place couldn't do it."
"They'd better throw it in for free under the
circumstances," Cooper muttered, then looked guilty. "Um,
not that I'm paying for it either way."
"Have you called about the tux rentals?" Mr. Dixon asked
him, and Cooper went wide-eyed and shook his head. "Well,
off you go." Cooper went.
"I had breakfast," Ashley told Levi. "Waffles! With
strawberries."
"Were they good?" Levi asked.
"Yes! Daddy, when are we going shopping?"
Philip stood up. "We can go right now, if you're ready."
"Her bag is by the door," Mrs. Dixon said. "Get something
really pretty, darling!"
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"Did you know the wedding is going to be in two weeks?"
Ashley asked excitedly, and seemed confused when all the
adults groaned.
"What color is peach?" Ashley asked as they entered the
first store on their list of possibilities.
"It's sort of like pink," Philip said.
Levi gave him an astonished look. "What? No, it's not. It's
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