Total pages in book: 90
Estimated words: 85569 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 428(@200wpm)___ 342(@250wpm)___ 285(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 85569 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 428(@200wpm)___ 342(@250wpm)___ 285(@300wpm)
“Mrs. Mabel Jackson?” I called.
She stopped and frowned at me. “Is Hanna all right?”
I smiled and nodded. “She’s fine.”
She put her hand to her heart. “Oh, that’s good to know.”
“How did you know who I was?”
“Your photo was always by her bedside. You didn’t know, did you, that fine woman kissed it every night before she went to sleep.”
I shook my head. “No, I didn’t know.”
“I suppose your father is dead.”
“Yes.”
She snorted. “Good riddance.”
“Would you like to go visit my mother?”
She grinned. “Thought you’d never ask, child.”
“Thanks for taking care of my mother, Mabel.”
“No need for thanks. She is my friend.”
I held out a USB stick to her. “This is for you.”
She looked at it suspiciously. “What’s that?”
“Half a million dollars in bitcoin.”
“What?”
“Take it and keep it safe. Tomorrow, I’ll send someone over to your house who will teach you how to turn it into half a million American dollars.”
She pushed her head forward and stared at me. “Are you joking, young man?”
“No. It’s yours. You did a kind thing and I wanted to show my appreciation.”
She hooted with sudden laughter. “Who’d have thought? Hanna’s son giving me a half million dollars for a bit of fried chicken and some hot dogs. Ha, ha, ha.”
Her laughter was infectious. “Yeah,” I said and laughed with her.
“I never knew my fried chicken and chips was that good,” she gasped, her whole body jiggling with uncontrollable laughter.
Epilogue
Montana
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GC5E8ie2pdM&list=PLBuCS1pc_K0aqEXC2q1hNrEwf8WC2MZSf&index=29
-simply the best-
I really shouldn’t have been doing this. It was completely out of tradition, but so far, everything in our relationship had been out of tradition. This, I reckoned, shouldn’t be that big of a deal. In fact, it was only the presence of the girls that was making it a big deal, and I decided then to rectify that before he came over.
“Hey guys,” I said boldly. “I need a little bit of privacy now.”
“Of course,” Kelly said and started to leave, but as I expected Natalie and Pearl gave me a look.
“The bride is not supposed to see the groom before her wedding,” Pearl said.
“Who made that rule?” I asked.
“People smarter than you,” Natalie retorted.
“I’m nervous, and I need to see him.”
Kelly laughed. “I’ll go and tell him. No reasoning with this one. She's been hungry for this man from the moment she met him. Why should we expect any different now?”
“It’s not that, it’s not what you thi-”
“Don’t bother,” both women said and exited the room laughing.
I was left in silence. I turned around then to look at my dress hanging from a hook on the wall. The moment I saw it I knew it was the one, just like I had known from the moment I laid eyes on Luca that he was the one. At that time, I thought it was for one night, but oh how wrong I was, I was too anxious. Everything and everywhere was unfamiliar, and I knew only one person could calm me down. I needed to see Luca now, before the wedding, even if it was against tradition.
There was a soft knock, and he came in. He didn’t have his jacket on yet, but he looked amazing. I was completely struck. I mean, he’d been breathtakingly handsome from the moment I'd seen him, but this was another level. A different level, and it made me wonder what I'd even been nervous about.
“Are you alright?” he asked worriedly. “I thought you didn’t want me to see you before the wedding.”
“Yeah ... I just...” I stared at him, mesmerized.
“What is it?” he asked. “You aren't having second thoughts, are you?”
“Absolutely not.” I smiled. “It’s just ... before I put on the dress, I thought we could ...” I shifted my weight from one foot to the other. Thankfully, he didn’t need much to understand.
“Really?”
“I’m so restless. I don’t know if it is these stupid stockings or the corset, or ... I just ... I just know… I just need to take the edge off.”
He smiled then.
“You’ll ask me to marry you later, and I’ll say yes, but I’m the one who is nervous now because I’m asking you for something, and I don't know if you’ll say yes.”
“Why don’t you ask me officially and find out?” he asked.
I sucked in my breath. Would I really be able to say the words out loud, but as I looked at the gorgeous man standing before me who I loved with all my heart and soul, I found the words were quite easy to say.
“Luca Rossi, will you fuck me, Montana Moore, before our wedding ceremony?”
He laughed and I could feel the heat surge into my face.
Then he locked the door and turned to face me. On one condition, though.” He brought out his phone. “We’re going to record this.”
“Absolutely not.”
He gave me a look as he began to unbuckle his belt, and I absolutely melted.