Who Loves Her? by Taylor Storm Read Free Book Online

band.  The excitement of her new status as thief was in some ways rewarding and exciting.  In that one moment of grabbing the dress and fleeing, she felt alive and in control of her destiny.
    S usan looked at Anna and laughed. “Anna!  Don’t you realize if I had not taken the dress then I would not be marrying Harris today!  I had no other choice.”  Although her voice sounded happy, Susan was disappointed when she listened to her own voice.  Maybe she should not have taken the dress, a soft voice whispered inside.
    Anna finally got rattled, “Yeah, a drink is what we need now.  Why don’t we just jump up and down and scream?  Why don’t I just wave that dress that Susan shoplifted and yell at the mall cops: ‘ Over here!  Come and get me here! ”’ Anna rubbed her temples as she ordered drinks for everyone.  The girls began to look for the safest seating to retain their privacy.
    “Listen girls, we are outside now .  Obviously no one saw us or they would be out here with us.  There were no cameras and no security guards.  I think we are in the clear.”  Susan looked back toward the mall doors.
    “Don’t worry, let’s have the drink and think it all over.  If security comes outside,
    t hen we’ll just explain that I got confused or something.  What do you say?” Susan insisted.
    “ Besides,” she continued, “we’ll put the dress in my car and no one will ever know.”
    Beck y grabbed the dress to put in Susan’s trunk as the others walked toward the coffee shop.  They sat down at a table giving each other looks of concerned disbelief.  The hiss of the coffee maker almost drowned out the pounding in Susan’s temple.  Anna walked back to the table with the drinks and looked through the window into the mall toward the bridal shop.  As Susan watched the band, a bemused smile on her lips; Nina noticed a man leaving the bridal store.  All of a sudden she realized he was accompanied by several well-dressed men, and they were heading straight to the girls’ table.  One approached Susan and asked if he could give her a nice Greek Wedding.  Playfully the men mimicked the bad, singing and clapping as they all finished their coffee and drinks.
    It turned out the men were performers .  Susan and Nina were delighted when they walked up with the band and began to perform.  The tallest of the men stayed behind.  As he spoke with Susan in a warm, protective voice, he offered their talent for her wedding.
    “We will provide entertainment so you will forget all about the mishaps of today.  You can have a great celebration,” he said.  The dancing and singing group sang in chorus, really awkward, but very funny.  Adele winked at Nina and smiled.  Susan replied, calling over her shoulder as Nina dragged her away, “Well, thanks guys, but I have to get back to the church.”
    Susan wondered if it occurred to anyone how unusual to have a wedding band sharing drinks and song with the wedding party after an insane bride has just stolen her gown .  Susan could not shake a growing sense of disaster that something was just not right. 
    “What a strange town I am in,” she thought.
    “Susan!  What are you doing? We have a wedding to get to,” Nina shouted and motioned for their friend to join them.

Chapter Six
     
    The others left the mall soon after, starting to make jokes again.  Nina wanted to pull Anna aside and asked what she did, but there wasn’t time or space without Susan noticing.  With the dress all neatly packed in the trunk of Susan’s car, the girls tried to persuade her to call Harris and have him join them.
    “Hey, why don’t you ask your hubby to come here and join us? ” Becky asked her.
    “Why ?  ” Susan replied back.  “Stop pestering me!  You know he can’t see me the day of the wedding.  Teasing is one thing, but honestly, Becky!”
    “Why not Susan?   He might be here with his brothers.” Nina laughed.
    “This is really getting on my nerves, Nina,