ONE-HUNDRED-TWENTY-FOUR

SCARLETT POV

We both laugh, but I don't think he is far off in succeeding. It isn't much longer before we arrive at the dress shop. Antonio parks the car then gets out, comes around, and lets us out. Once we walk inside, I am overwhelmed by the number of dresses in front of me. I slowly move through the rows and rows of all different styles of dresses. I lose Serenity at some stage around the shop. I turn inward to Cara and Ruth.

"Do either of you see anything that would be good for us to attend the Blood Moon Ball in?"

"No, not yet, but there is one here somewhere. Keep walking around. We will let you know when we get close..."

I do as they say and continue my rounds of the store. It isn't until we are in the third to last row that Cara and Ruth speak up again.

"There! About halfway down... You shouldn't miss it!"

I walk down the row and stop about halfway and start looking through the dresses. It doesn't take me long to fi