Chapter 6
Needless to say, I woke up the next morning groggy with almost no sleep. I laid in bed last night trying to figure out how I was going
to react when I saw Brian at the wedding.
I showered, put on my make-up, fixed my hair, and got dressed. It was almost 10:30 and since the church was almost an hour away, I
left home in case there might be some traffic.
I arrived at the church around 11:30 and quickly found out that Jessica had not arrived yet, so I decided to walk around and see Kent
was there. Not seeing Brian was almost a relief. I saw Brandon standing in the entry way talking to a blonde lady. He noticed me and
motioned me to come over.
He gave me a hug. �Hi Lynn. Have you seen Jessica yet?�
�No, from what I can tell, she hasn�t even gotten here yet.� The look of concern on his face made me laugh. �Don�t worry, there�s still
almost another three hours before the wedding.�
�I know, but�well, I don�t know.� He looked down at the floor and then quickly looked back up at me. �Lynn, I�d like you to meet my
mom, Leighanne. Mom, this is Jessica�s mom, Lynn.�
Oh my God! This is Leighanne? �Hi Leighanne, it�s nice to meet you.�
Brandon noticed one of his groomsmen come in and left us there to talk. Leighanne started telling me about the movie she was shooting
in LA. I tried to keep my mind on what she was saying, but all I could do was think about the difference in her. She was still gorgeous
as ever, but her face was aged and she had gained a few pounds. I had met her mother once during my Backstreet Boys obsession days
and I had to admit that she looked just like her.
��the wedding and I had to cancel the taping for today and let me tell you that they were not too happy about that. They kept
saying��
Just then Melanie, Jessica�s Maid of Honor, ran up to me. �Lynn, where�s Brandon?�
�I don�t know. He left a few minutes ago with one of his friends. Why? Is Jessica here?�
�Yes, she just wants to make sure that he doesn�t see her.�
�Makes sense. He went this direction, so I�ll go over there and make sure he doesn�t come back for the next couple minutes. Tell her to
hurry though. I�ll meet you guys in the changing room in a few.�
�Okay.� She hurriedly ran back outside and to the car that was parked close to the doors.
I looked back over at Leighanne. �I�m sorry�my bride�s mother duty calls.�
�That�s fine. I�ll talk to you later at the reception, okay?�
�Sure.� I smiled at her and turned to walk away. Why would I want to talk to her during the reception? And it wasn�t as if I did any
talking in the �talk� we just had. Geez! The things I do for my daughter.
I walked around the corner and bumped into someone. Looking up, I realized who it was�Brian. He was standing there talking with
Brandon. I guess I looked as though I was about to faint because he grabbed me around my waist and asked me if I was okay.
I looked at him in complete shock that he was touching me and then quickly looked at my feet. �Um�yeah, I�m fine. I�um�I came
to�um�make sure that Brandon wouldn�t�um�walk back into the entry way because Jessica is coming in.� Okay, could I have made
more of a fool of myself?
�She�s here? Oh God, she�s here.� I could hear the panic in Brandon�s voice, but I was still looking down at my feet so I wasn�t able to
see his face.
�Lynn, are you sure that you�re okay?� Brian asked sounding concerned.
I finally got the nerve to look back up at Brian to answer him, but as I looked into his eyes, I froze.
�Brandon, I�m going to take Lynn down to the kitchen to get her something to drink. Are you going to be okay?�
�Yeah dad, I�ll be fine.�
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