Page 108 of My Best Friend's Mardi Gras Wedding

“So what’s the plan?”Leo asked.

Josh sighed.“That’s whereyouall come in.”

“What if she and Andrew got hitched?”Owen asked.“You might be too late.”

“No way would they get married like that,” Josh said.If he’d thought that was a risk, he wouldn’t have walked out.No, he hadn’t given that a conscious thought, but his gut—his heart—would have never let him walk away if he thought he couldn’t get her back.He just needed to do it right.“Her parents aren’t here.And those are all Paisley’s friends and family, really.”He shook his head with a little chuckle.“No way would Paisley have let them useherflowers and shit to get married.”

Ellie leaned in.“I have only one word for you.”

“Love?”

“Iowa.”

Iowa.Right.Iowa.He’d go to Iowa.That was a big gesture.That would show her how he felt.He’d find her farm and he’d…

He slid off the stool, still cradling his kitten.“Anyone know where I can get a cow?Preferably one with special needs?”Yes, he was going to give Tori a cow.

Everyone looked at one another, clearly confused.

“No, wait.A pig.”Hell, maybe he’d make her cupcakes too.Recreate that moment but this time with a much better ending.

“You want apig?” Owen asked.

“Or a goat.That would probably work,” he said.At this point that wasn’t really the most important thing he supposed.

“Special needs?”Leo asked.

“Like missing a leg,” Josh said.“Or lactose intolerant or something.”

“Can cows be lactose intolerant?”Owen asked.He looked around.“I’m seriously asking.That’s really weird.”

“I know a guy who has peacocks,” Cora said.

Josh paused.“Really?Peacocks?”

“Yep.That’s kind of unusual, right?”

He shrugged.“Yeah.Do they have any…phobias?”

“Do the peacocks have any phobias?”Cora asked.

“It’s a long story,” Josh told her.

“I have no idea.”She also glanced around.“Who would even know if they did?”

Josh smiled.“Someone very special would.”Hell, he’d gamble with the peacock.He’d take it to Tori and just hope it needed to be fed by hand or sung to at night or something.

“I’ll call the guy,” Cora said.

“Thanks.”Josh started for the door.He needed to pack.And get a…peacock carrier.Or…something.

He almost ran Kennedy over when he yanked the door open.

“There’s a girl here for you,” Kennedy told him.

Just the way she had the other day when Tori had shown up on the dock.

Josh’s heart thunked hard in his chest.“Oh yeah?”

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