Chapter 290.Bridal Shopping.
SEDONA
The bridal shops my mother had selected was, predictably, the most well-reviewed one in Seattle, and she had, equally predictably, scheduled three hours for what I had assumed would take one.
"You'll need the time," she said, with the specific confidence of a woman who had already decided exactly how the appointment would unfold. "For both you and Lucian's eventual dress and suit, since I assume he'll want input on something for the ceremony, and we should establish a baseline aesthetic now so the two weddings complement rather than compete."
"Mum, the weddings are months apart and at completely different venues."
"Aesthetic continuity matters regardless of timing," she said, already flipping through a binder of her own that bore a striking, slightl
