be gay in order for the plan to work because the marriage
wasn’t real. She walked into Dani’s shop and asked if she was
single, not if she was a lesbian.
Emily grinned at her friends. “Thank you so much for
coming. You guys are the best.”
“No problem. I mean, all we had to do was sign our names
and watch you get married.”
“I still can’t believe you’re married.”
“At twenty-one.”
Emily blinked in the bright sunlight. “You guys know it’s
fake, though. It wasn’t real.”
“But it was real,” Purple Dress One insisted. “It was a real
ceremony.”
“Yes, but it’s going to get annulled right away, as soon as
my parents shape up.”
Purple Dress Two gave Emily a sympathetic look. “I don’t
envy you having to go there tonight and tell them. Can you
record it at least? It would probably be worth a laugh in a few
weeks when everyone calms down.”
Emily snorted. “More like a few years. And no. There’s no
way that I’m recording it. It’s never going to be funny. I’m not
doing this to be a rebel. I’m doing this because this is my life,
and I should have a say in it.”
“Damn straight,” Purple Dress Two echoed.
Dani barely managed to not roll her eyes. She thought about
Andi at the shop by herself and how much time this was eating
up. Since everyone had forgotten she even existed, it wouldn’t
be that hard for her just to walk away, get in her car, and go
back to work. Where she belonged. Because she sure as heck
didn’t belong here outside the looming courthouse with all the