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“You have no idea how fun your life is getting ready to be.”
    Harold stopped and turned Kelly to face him. “I don’t deny it. You’re a handful.”
    Kelly gasped and frowned.
    Harold touched her cheek. “Let me finish. I knew when I started dating you that you came with three girls in tow. It was almost like God was playing a trick on me.”
    “Now wait a min—”
    Harold put his finger over her lips. “But I love you. I love Zoey. I love Brittany. I love Candy. Somehow all four of you have wrapped me around your little fingers. And they’re going to stress us out, but we’re still going to have fun together.”
    Kelly kissed the tip of Harold’s finger. “I love you, Harold.”
    “I love you, too.” With her hand firm within his, he started walking toward the deli. “Besides, things will settle down after the wedding. You’ll see.”

four
    “I feel like someone has shoved me into a shoe box and shut the lid.” Harold shrugged then tried to lift his arms above his shoulders.
    “No. It fits nicely.” The saleslady adjusted the collar of the tux. “I suggest this vest to set you apart from your groomsmen in an ever-so-subtle way.”
    Harold looked at the piece of white material. It just looked like something else he’d have to squeeze his frame into, but it didn’t matter to him. He just wanted everything to look nice for Kelly.
    After slipping off the jacket, he put on the vest, buttoned it, then put the jacket back on. He looked in the mirror. He had to admit once he had a haircut and a good shave, the getup would look nice.
    Turning toward Cam and his work buddies, Rudy and Walt, he stretched out his arms. “Well, guys, what do you think?”
    “Not too shabby.” Cam buttoned the second button on his jacket. “It’s just a shame you don’t look as good as me.”
    “Or me.” Rudy wiggled his eyebrows as he sucked in his oversized stomach.
    “No, I’ve got you all beat.” Walt hefted the three-inches-too-short pants higher onto his stick-thin waist.
    Guffaws sounded from all four men.
    “Don’t worry.” The saleswoman smiled. “Everything will fit perfectly when you come back to pick up your tuxes. I think you all look handsome.”
    “All right then. Let’s get out of these monkey suits and head over to Cam’s for the big game,” Harold said as he started to unbutton the vest.
    “Now that sounds good,” Walt said as he walked back into the fitting room.
    “You can’t get me out of this thing fast enough,” Rudy added.
    Once he’d dressed back into his comfortable blue jeans and T-shirt, Harold handed the items back to the saleswoman. “I’ll take care of the paperwork if you all want to head on over to Cam’s.”
    “Okay, see you there.”
    Harold watched as Cam, Rudy, and Walt walked out of the shop. The past several years Harold had been praying for Rudy’s and Walt’s salvation. Since Harold started dating Kelly, Cam had joined Harold in that prayer, and Harold had noted a softening in his workers, especially Rudy. Having decided weeks before that he would foot the bill for the guys’ tuxes, he paid for the rentals then headed out the door.
    He needed gas, and it had been awhile since he’d paid Bill a visit. In fact, he hadn’t been back to the gas station since he’d encountered Zoey there two months ago. He knew he should have talked with Bill, and he probably should have been checking to make sure Zoey wasn’t still frequenting the place, but one thing after another had kept Harold from being able to get over there.
    “Well, now’s as good a time as any.” He hopped into his truck. He needed to pick up a few bags of chips, maybe a two-liter or two to take to Cam’s house anyway. The guys had made it a regular Monday night event to watch that week’s football game on Cam’s wide-screen TV. Cam’s wife and daughter would spend the evening at Kelly’s doing one thing or another for the wedding.
    Harold pulled into Bill’s gas station. He pumped his gas