Dan laughs behind me. “I’ll wait for you on the deck,” he tells me.
“Can’t you spank them or something?”
He shakes his head. “I haven’t been able to turn those boys over my knee for quite a few years now.”
The doorbell rings, interrupting us.
“Fuck yeah, pizza time,” Cole says.
Big Dan heads out back while I give myself a once over in the mirror.
“Hey, do you got any cash on you? I need to tip the pretty little lady at the door,” Carson asks.
I glance over my shoulder as I begin digging in my purse. The girl tugs on her hat, turning away from me. Aw, she’s shy. I can’t say that I blame her. The twins are a little overbearing at times, and they’re making it obvious she’s caught their eye.
“The delivery app said her name is Luna,” Carson says, leaning back to get another look at her himself.
Cole is chatting her up at the door when I walk over to hand her the ten-dollar bill I found in my purse. It was all I could find.
Her gaze is nervously darting around the property.
When her eyes connect with mine, I gasp. It’s like looking at the grown-up version of Mila. Her wild curls stick out from under her ballcap, and she has one of them twirled around her finger. She starts to back away from me.
“Luna?”
The second she realizes I know who she is, she runs.
“Luna, please stop!” I chase her in my wedding dress out into the driveway, but she gets in her car before I can stop her.
“What the fuck is going on?” Carson asks as he and his brother rush to my side.
“That’s Rage and Mila’s sister!” I yell, waving the ten wildly in the air.
They look at each other for a brief second, and then Cole plucks the ten out of my hand. They run to their bikes, taking off after her. I watch them speed away, not quite understanding what just happened.
Oh my god. Luna is here in Cheyenne, and Rage doesn’t even know. I glance at my watch, knowing everyone is waiting for me out back.
I can’t tell him, at least not right now. He’s already worried that today has been too chaotic. This would send him over the edge. I have faith that the twins will find her and get to the bottom of this. There’s really no need to worry him until I know more.
“Where are the boys?” Dan asks when I slide the patio doors open and step outside.
“Um, the pizza girl left without her tip. They’re just making sure she gets it.”
“Goddammit, what the hell am I going to tell their mother?”
“The truth?” I ask, shrugging my shoulders.
He curses under his breath, mumbling something about not spanking them enough as kids as he pulls me down the path that leads to the lake. “Of all their hair-brained ideas.”
Mila is waiting for us with Peanut and her little basket of flowers when we reach the rows of chairs filled with our friends and family. I squat beside her, still a little shook by my encounter with her doppelganger. There is no doubt in my mind that the young woman who was just at my door is Mila’s sister.
“Are you ready, baby?” I ask, turning my focus back to my wedding.
She nods her head while twirling her hair around her finger.
“Daddy is waiting for you at the other end, and Peanut will be with you every step.” I let my fingers trail through her curls as she bravely steps away. I love her more than life itself.
Big Dan walks over and gets my dad, insisting he be included in walking me down the aisle. I love that he didn’t give up his spot but was secure enough to share the honor. He and his wife are some of the best people I’ve ever met.