Jackson and starts to pull sandwiches out and placing them on a paper plate she also took out from the bag.
“Be right back.” MacKenzie walks away towards the room Hailey is in. A second later she comes back shaking her head.
“What’s the matter, CC?” Hunter asks.
“I asked crazy in there if she wanted anything to eat and she threatened to break my fingers if I touched the doorknob.”
Hunter chuckles. “Sounds about right coming from her.”
MacKenzie takes a seat on the floor next to Olivia and Ryder, Hunter slides in behind her and he pulls her back against his chest. Seeing them sitting there makes me want to be wrapped up in Cooper’s arms. The love my brother shares with MacKenzie is a true fairytale, the ones you only read about in books. But seeing them here in front of me makes me believe that anyone can have what they have, once they find their true soul mate.
I found mine, even if it was a little rough getting there, just like a diamond in the rough, it takes a lot of time, patience and energy to find the beauty within. Cooper is my diamond in more ways than one. One day I hope to have his babies running circles around us, keeping us up late at night, mending broken hearts, and cleaning their cuts.
Hunter kisses MacKenzie’s neck and tosses a chip at Ryder making him giggle. He’s such an amazing dad.
After mom finishes eating she sits down on the chair next to mine and leans her head against my shoulder, it takes everything I have not to cry. She’s fine on the outside and she looks more beautiful than I’ve seen in a long time but I know that on the inside she’s being killed slowly. Cancer is a bitch like that. It rips away your whole life, not just your body.
With an empty hand I reach over and thread my fingers with my mom’s. “I love you, Mom.”
She sniffles. “I love you, too, sweetheart.”
Hunter must have heard her because his head twists towards us. His face is etched with worry but it quickly fades when Olivia places a messy kiss on her daddy’s face.
In this moment I want to say so much to my mom but I won’t because today is supposed to be a happy day. A day that we forget about all our worries and be happy for Mason and Hailey.
After everyone finishes eating and gets cleaned up, Elle looks to her watch. “It’s about that time.”
Jackson hands Chloe a tuxedo. “Help me get this monkey suit on him, please.”
Chloe takes it and shakes her head. “You’d think you’d have mastered this by now.”
He shrugs. “I have,” he points a finger over to Alex. “It’s him that’s got the problem.”
“Jackson,” Elle scolds. She takes the tux from Chloe and hands it back to him. “Take this, Alex, Hunter, and Ryder and go back to your rooms. You can manage that much.”
Chloe snickers.
Jackson blows a kiss to her. “Come, buddy. Let’s go get our monkey suits on.”
The four of them leave and then it’s on. We get Olivia and Alexis in their dresses, it’s easier to do it here and less wrinkles for our dresses when we get over to Midnight Atlantic.
When we’re ready to go, MacKenzie goes and knocks on the door for Hailey. “Hailey, it’s time we get over there.”
The door opens and all our heads turn in her direction. Hailey is traffic stopping beautiful. Her blonde hair is pulled back, much like MacKenzie’s, on the side of her head with curls cascading over her shoulder pinned back with three white roses and her bangs wisped to the side. Her makeup both dark and light illuminates her eyes making them look drastic but subtle. Her Nordic blue eyes ringed with long, black eyelashes and her lips a medium pink.
“Damn,” MacKenzie says under her breath.
“You are going to push that man’s limits tonight,” Chloe chimes in.
Hailey bites down on the corner of her bottom lips. “Too much?”
Elle goes to where Hailey is standing and grabs both her hands within hers. “There is no such thing as too much where you and Mason are concerned,
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