Total pages in book: 158
Estimated words: 149641 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 748(@200wpm)___ 599(@250wpm)___ 499(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 149641 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 748(@200wpm)___ 599(@250wpm)___ 499(@300wpm)
“Shit,” her father cursed.
“Ian.” Yep, her mom was right behind Tash, and her eyes had gone straight to the chick with the muffin in her mouth. She simply stared.
There were women in the world who would wonder why their husband dragged a young woman to his daughter’s wedding. It could be the start of a tale as old as time—older man, young hot girl… Yeah, her mom did not go there.
“Tell me they’re not sending little girls to take you out.” Her mother looked fabulous in her emerald green floor-length gown that hugged her every curve.
“Not little girl. Haven’t been for long time.” Sosa had finished her muffin. She eyed Charlotte Taggart, and Kenzie saw the minute she decided she could cause some turmoil. Her expression changed, and she managed a couple of actual tears. “I’m so sorry, ma’am. He tells me he is divorced and when I tell him I’m having his baby, he freak out. I didn’t know.”
Kala snorted. Lou shook her head.
Her dad simply stepped back, obviously leaving her to fate. Fate was named Charlotte in this case. Her dad shook his head and leaned against the door. “Sorry, baby. You know how much I love super-young people with their weird words like skibidi, and I don’t even know what Ohio means in their language. I only know it does not mean Ohio. I couldn’t resist her charms. And if Alex had gotten here earlier, you would never have known.”
They had such a beautiful love. Her mom and dad. It brought tears to her eyes. Her father was perfectly comfortable joking because Mom trusted him so much. Because they were meant to be.
She could have had that love with Ben.
“Uhm, should I get the tarp now?” Lou asked. “I actually brought one because I know Lucy was invited and said she couldn’t come, but you never know.”
Lucy Brooke Flanders. Kenzie liked her. She was a lot like Kala. Which was probably why her twin viewed the slightly younger woman as her nemesis.
Charlotte went to stand in front of the girl, towering over her in her Louboutins. She stared at her and said nothing. Sosa kept crying.
“I was hungry. He was kind to me,” she insisted. “Please not to be hurting my baby.”
“Mom, don’t kill her,” Tasha said. “It’s got to be bad luck on my wedding day.”
“She’s not going to kill her.” Kala sank down to the chaise, obviously ready for the drama. “But we might need that tarp.”
There was a brief knock on the door, and her Uncle Alex appeared. He was in a tux, like most of the men, and had a harried look on his face. He glanced around the room and winced. “Sorry. I got caught helping Li after Dai… Well, it’s all good now. No damages. Why is there a strange girl covered in cake tied up in the bridal suite?”
“She’s having my baby,” her father replied simply.
“Shit. She’s the one who’s been trying to kill you?” Alex asked, reaching the obvious conclusion as to why her father would threaten to disrupt his eldest daughter’s wedding.
“I don’t know.” Kala always had to poke the bear. “Dad does like a Russian mob princess.”
Her mother snorted. “Ona ne printsessa. Ona obuchennaya ulichnaya krysa.”
That was harsh. “I don’t think she’s a street rat. Rude, much, Mom? And I don’t know how trained she is since she thought it would be smart to plant a bomb on Dad’s Nav in broad daylight.”
“Also, she impugned the reputation of said car,” Kala pointed out.
Her mom glanced over at Alex. “Could you please have a few of the bodyguards escort our friend here to the club? I’ll deal with her after the wedding. For now, I’m going to watch my daughter marry the man of her dreams and have some champagne. I’ll be in a better mood later, but we need to figure out what’s going on.”
Kenzie knew. “Huisman’s done playing around. I know the hackers haven’t settled on who put out that hit, but we know it’s Huisman.” She looked back at her sister, who was marrying the man of her dreams. “You look gorgeous. Don’t worry about this. You’ll be on your honeymoon soon, and Kala will have a new chew toy.”
Everyone looked to her twin, who simply shrugged. “That’s fair.”
Kala was pretty self-aware. It was time to get this thing moving. And by thing Kenzie meant life. Her life.
Her sister looked stunning and she was about to start her marriage, and her other sister was married to the man she’d been in love with since she was a kid, and Lou was happy with TJ and they’d gotten a rescue dog, and her parents were still happy pervs after all these years. So happy they would never believe the other would cheat. Because they wouldn’t.
And Kenzie was lying around all sad and shit. So sad she was a bit worried Bud Two had caught her depression.