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knew I wouldn't get any sleep so I went to his house.  I really just wanted to get the conversation over with so, maybe something special could happen that night.  However, my hopes were short-lived and when I got to Chad's house I discovered that I am not the only woman in his life.”  Courtney's eyes got big and Cassie nodded.  “Yeah, he wasn't alone.”
    “Did you catch them?”
    “Not exactly.  She was coming out of his room when I saw her.  She wasn't wearing a whole lot and he said it was over.  I don't know it wasn't my best moments.”
    “Cassie, this can't be easy for you.  Coming here to help with wedding plans, hearing about Seth and Rebecca, all along knowing that Chad is a jerk.”
    “Gee, thanks...I feel so much better.”
    “I just mean that I will totally understand if you don't want to do this right now.”
    “I'm fine.  This will give me a chance to see what I want out of life and if it's not Chad, I can talk to him when I get back to New York.  I know that it is going to be hard to understand, but I don't know what I'm going to do.”
    “You could forgive him?”
    “The fact is it isn't entirely out of the question.  I mean we have been dating for 2 years, I truly felt that I loved him.”
    “Yeah, but he cheated on you.”
    “You don't have to keep me reminding me.  I get that, it's just I don't know how I'll feel once we are away from each other.  I'll have to see.”
    “I get that, but...”
    “Please, let's drop it.”
    “Okay, consider it dropped.”  Courtney yawned, “I better let you get some sleep.”  She leaned over and gave Cassie another hug.  “I'll see you in the morning.”
    Cassie watched as her sister left.  She did have to be the one to figure out what she was going to do and she knew that no one would understand that she could even consider giving Chad another chance.  It just wasn't that simple and either way it had to be up to her.

Chapter 7
     
    The next day after church Cassie and Courtney worked on finishing up the wedding invitations.  Courtney was determined to do them herself and Cassie had to admit that they turned out great.  As they were finishing up the last set there was a knock at the front door.  Cassie got up and ran to the door and saw Brad standing on the porch.  “Hey Brad,” she smiled and moved back so he could come in.  “Courtney's in the dining room.  “Courtney, Brad's here.”
    “Hey Brad,” she leaned in and gave him a long and lingering kiss that Cassie had to look away, she felt that she was intruding.  “What are you doing here?  I wasn't expecting to see you.”
    “Hey babe, can I talk to you for a moment...” he looked over at Cassie, “alone?”
    “Uh, okay...I'll be back in a minute.”  Cassie heard the apprehension in Courtney's voice as they two began to leave the room.
    “I'll go mail these invitations Court, I could use the fresh air and it will give you time to talk.”
    “Sounds good.” 
    Cassie grabbed the envelopes and headed out door.  Brad seemed to have a serious demeanor when arrived.  Cassie just hoped that everything was alright.  He didn't object to her mailing the invitations, so that was a good sign.  She chuckled at her paranoia, everything was fine...she was certain of it.  She still couldn't believe that Courtney would soon be a part of Seth's family, but it didn't matter...as long as Courtney was happy.  As she was approaching the post office, she saw her friend Scarlett coming out of the building.  Their eyes met at the same time and Scarlett stared in surprise.  “Cassie, what are you doing here?”
    She still wanted to keep her breakup a secret, with the exception of Courtney.  “I came to help with Courtney's wedding preparations.”  She held up the stack of invites, “I am just dropping these off.”
    “How are you doing?  How are Thomas and the kids?”
    “We are all great.  In fact, I was going to call you this week.  I'm pregnant with child number