One Night with a Star (Second Chances Book 2) by Merry Farmer Read Free Book Online

would keep walking, she knew. He would just keep walking and break her heart all over again.

 
     
    Chapter Four
     
    After the cake was cut, the speeches were made, and Tasha and Spence had their first dance, the wedding began to wind down. Jenny was relieved. The night had turned out to be harder than she’d anticipated. She was grateful when her mom took Daniel home, and she promised that she wouldn’t be that far behind. All she needed to do was get Tasha changed to leave for the honeymoon and wave her off and she would be fine.
    “How are you holding up?” Tasha asked her as she and Olivia lifted her wedding dress over her head.
    “I’m fine,” Jenny answered without thinking about it.
    Tasha gave her a look.
    “You two want a second alone?” Olivia asked. She was a smart one, Spence’s sister.
    “That’s okay, you don’t have to—”
    “Yeah, if you wouldn’t mind,” Tasha rode over her.
    Olivia gave them an understanding look, hugged Tasha with, “You’re so beautiful. I’m glad we’re sisters now,” and tip-toed out of the room.
    Tasha turned to Jenny. “I saw you dancing with Simon earlier.”
    “It was just a dance.”
    “You looked…upset.”
    “Well of course I was upset,” Jenny laughed, taking Tasha’s dress across the room to put it on the hangar. She was responsible for taking it to the cleaners and having it put in storage.
    “What did he say about Daniel?” Tasha went on, grabbing her cute, blue going away dress from the closet.
    Jenny shrugged. “Everything you would have expected. Why didn’t I tell him and how can he be a part of his son’s life.”
    “That’s good, isn’t it?” Tasha paused as she climbed into her dress. “I mean, that he wants to be a part of Daniel’s life. Didn’t you want that?”
    Jenny bit her lip. She stared out the gap in the curtains, out over the dark beach and on to the few lights glowing from the marina and some of the houses. She’d deliberately avoided thinking about what she wanted for the last year. It’d been easy to tell herself she was living for the moment, figuring out how to be a mother. Seeing Simon again made her question all that. The old pull was still there, much though she hated it.
    “Jenny?” Tasha stepped up behind her, laying a hand on Jenny’s shoulder.
    “He’s going to cause trouble,” Jenny admitted with a sigh. “He’s going to turn my life upside down.”
    “Don’t let him do that.”
    Jenny turned to her. “Like I can stop him?” She shook her head. “Neil’s already got Simon on his shit list, and the two of them have hardly met.”
    “Well, I wouldn’t build your life around what Neil wants,” Tasha said. She scooted away and sat on the bed to put on comfortable shoes.
    Jenny took the wedding dress to the closet and hung it over the door. “I used to be such a go-getter,” she said. “Heck, a year ago I was a go-getter. Now I’m a mom, struggling to hold it together. How the hell did that happen?”
    She twisted to look at Tasha for an answer, but Tasha kept her mouth shut and only raised her eyebrows.
    “Okay, I know how that happened,” Jenny sighed. “I just miss myself is all. Simon reminded me of that.”
    “Maybe it’s a good thing.” Tasha stood, stepping to the room’s mirror and patting her hair. “I guess I can go to the airport like this.”
    “You’ll be fine.” Jenny scooted to her side, hugging her, glad they’d changed the subject. “Besides, Spence has hired a private jet to take you to the Bahamas anyhow.”
    That brought a smile to Tasha’s lips and a giggle that came close to making Jenny feel better. “I did it,” Tasha said, squeezing Jenny tight. “I married the man of my dreams.”
    “Yes you did, babe,” Jenny hugged her back. “I’m so happy for you.”
    “I know it’s the stupidest thing to say and everyone hates hearing it, but I’m gonna say it anyhow,” she said, stepping back and holding Jenny at arm’s length. “It’ll happen