I woke up to loud footsteps coming down the hallway toward our bedroom. I look over to Zane's spot of where he should be laying but he's not. Realizing I don't have any clothes on from the night before, I pull my sheet up wrapping it around me.

"So you think you can come into our home wrecking havoc, pretending that you are Joe's long lost daughter?" A voice shrieks but knowing all too well that it is Martha.

"Martha, what? No. Why would I do that?" I ask.

"Don't play coy with me girl. You're getting everything you want here!"

"I don't know what your talking about. It was your idea to talk us into staying. So we did. I'm not going to be convinced I'm Joe's daughter till those results come back. He mentioned the birthday and it happened to be the same as mine. I'm sorry Martha, I'm not trying to take over anything or anyone."

"So you didn't have any idea that he could be your dad?" She asks.

"No Martha I truly didn't even think about it. Not until he had said the birthday and that he knew my mom. Zane and I can leave, if you don't want us here."

"No I'm sorry. This is just stressful. I should not have came at you like that. I like you and Zane and want you to be apart of this family."

"It's a bit much for me too. I didn't have a normal life growing up. I mean I did my Aunt raised me as hers but still knowing that I had a mom who didn't want me and I don't know my dad. If Joe turns out to be dad, I'll be happy because he is the kind of man I would hope my father would be."

"That's sweet of you Lucy. If you are his daughter you are welcome with open arms and if not you are still welcome with open arms." Martha says and leans in to hug me.

"I'm assuming Zane is helping Joe on the farm?"

"You know I'm not really sure. I woke up this morning and he was gone too."

"Hmmm wonder what the boys are up too?" I ask.

"Don't worry darlin. Shopping?"

"Sure let me wash up and get dressed. I'll be over in about a half hour?"

"That will work. See you in a half hour Lucy." She smiles standing up from my bed and leaves the room.

Her footprints are softer now that she's not so mad at me anymore. After hearing the front door close, I climb out of bed and head to the bathroom to shower.

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Martha brought me to the local mall. The kids are in school now so we have a little bit of time before she has to get home to pick them up.

"Oh Lucy! You should try this dress on. It's so pretty!"

"Oh I like that!" I smile eagerly.

"It's perfect for you, and perfectly your style!"

"Ok I'm going to try it on." I take the dress from the rack and head back to the dressing room. Martha follows telling me to be sure to show her when I have it on. It's a really pretty white halter dress that flows all the way down to the floor. Around the waist is a worn leather brown belt to accent it. It's perfect and fits perfectly. I want it! I step out of the dressing room and do a little twirl in front of Martha and she gasps.

"Oh it's beautiful. Will you be getting it?" She asks.

"Yes. I wonder if they let me wear it home to surprise Zane."

"Good idea Lucy. Let's go get our nails and hair done too! Help me find a dress too so I can try and woo Joe."

"Of coarse! Makeover day! Ha I haven't done this in so long." I say to Martha heading over to a rack where a spot a light green dress that stops a little below the knees.

I take the dress from the rack and hold it up to Martha. It has one thick strap on the right side and it curves down across the chest. There's a thin lace that runs along the edges of the dress. Spinning around I hold it up for Martha. She stares at it for a while and gasps at how beautiful it is.

"Try it on." I say with a smile and hold it out to her.

Martha takes the dress from my hands and heads to the dressing room. Since the shoes are back by the room I find a pair of flat white sandals with tiny rhinestones. Perfect match to my dress so I slip them on.

A few minutes later Martha comes out of the dressing room. She looks fabulous and mimicking me she spins around.

"That's the one! Oh Martha you have to get that one!"

There's a pair of cream colored pumps that go perfectly with it. I ask her size and find a size 8 for her.

"Are you ladies doing ok?" The sales associate Jenna asked.

"Yes we are! Do you mind if we wear this stuff out of here? We need to impress our hot men at home." I ask giggling.

"Sure. Let me help you remove the tags and I'll toss the boxes. I'll also grab a couple bags for your clothes. Stunning choices ladies. You look great." Jenna says.

"Thanks! Hope the men agree." Martha says.

Jenna smiles and finishes ringing us out. Martha pulls out her credit card and hands it to Jenna.

"No! You can't pay for this." I say to Martha.

"Don't worry honey it's all on me today." She smiles.

Jenna hands her the receipt and we leave heading toward the nail saloon which happens to have a hair saloon attached to it. We both sign in and 2 woman come to take us back for our hair.

After about a half hour later we are finished with our hair and led to the tables to have our nails done.

"Today has been amazing Martha. Thank you so much." I say.

"Don't thank me. I can't wait until Hannah is old enough to do girls day."

"She can. I'm sure she would love a pamper day."

"You're right Lucy. She probably would. I'll have to take a day and take her."

After our nails are done we head back out into the mall and stop into the wine store.

"Let's get some wine." Martha says nodding for me to follow her.

"There's so much wine in here!" I say in amazement.

"How are you beautiful ladies doing today?" The sales clerk Ethan asks.

"We are doing good. Can you recommend a good wine say for celebration?" Martha asks.

"We sure can. I'll grab a few for you to sample." Ethan says and walks off.

"Celebration?" I ask.

"Yes celebrating our men when they can't take their eyes off of us." She smiles.

Ethan comes back with six bottles. Three white and three red. I'm more of a red wine person but I'll try them all. Ethan takes us to a table with a small sink and sets two glasses out. He asks if we want to start with white or red and I blurt out white. I want to get it out of the way. Surprisingly though the whites we sampled are not too bad. Ethan moves onto the reds and Martha and I agree that the second red is our favorite.

"I think we will take ten bottles of this bottle of wine here." Martha says.

"Ten bottles! What the hell for?" I ask shocked.

"Ha darlin I like to have wine in stock and I'm completely out."

"Oh ha. Sorry I didn't know." I say blushing.

"It's ok Lucy." She smiles.

"Do you ladies want to pull your car out back and we can put the case in your trunk?" Ethan asks.

"Sure can. We have a few more stores to go to so can we come back in a bit?" Martha asks.

"Yes ma'am. Just ring the buzzer outside the door." Ethan instructs.

"Thank you Ethan. We will be back." Martha says turning to walk out. "I think we need some perfume and jewelry."

"Martha? How can you afford all of this? Especially after what you've done for us to move here." I ask.

"Oh sweetie. I'm a millionaire. My father is one of the richest in the states. I help run his company so his money is my money and you dear won't have to ever work. You and Zane will have a good life here."

"Martha I don't know what to say."

"Just say thank you." She smiles hugging me. "Will you do me a favor though?"

"Sure. What's up?" I ask.

"Why don't you go to the car and pull it around back to get the wine? I want to pick out a surprise gift for you. Text me when you're done getting the wine and I'll come out to you."

"Martha no. You've already done enough for me. I can't have you do anymore."

"Lucy trust me. You're already like a daughter to me." She hugs me again and dangles the keys in my face. "Now go get the car."

I take the keys from Martha and then her bags. I tell her bye and start heading toward the car. I can't help but smile to myself because at this moment I feel like a million dollars. Not because Martha has spent a lot of money on me but I feel a connection with this family that feels like my family. I don't want to get my hopes up about Joe being my dad but I kind of hope he is.

When I get to the car I pop the trunk and slip the bags inside. I walk around to the drivers side, open the door and get inside. I start the car and head to the back entrance of the of the wine store. Getting out of the car I walk toward the back door to ring the buzzard.

I wait a few minutes, ring it again and a tall skinny guy with curly hair comes out, and he couldn't be more than 21 years old.

"Can I help you?" He asks.

"Yes I have a pick up for ten bottles of wine."

"Your receipt." He says really dry like Napoleon Dynamite.

I hand him the receipt he looks at it for two seconds and hands it back to me.

"One minute." He says walking away back inside the store.

He seems kind of odd, like maybe unhappy at his job or he's just odd. Five minutes later he comes out with a dolly with two boxes of wine loaded onto it. He struggles to lift the one and put it in the car then the second box he struggles even more but successfully loads both boxes into the car.

I thank him as he shuts the trunk and he says nothing so I get back in the car and before I drive off there's a knock on my window.

"I need you to sign this ma'am." The guy says.

I take the clip board from his hand and sign it. Once I hand it back to him, he takes it walking away again.

"Um can I go now?" I ask hanging out the window.

He waves me off and I roll my window up again. Pulling my phone out of my purse I text Martha that I'm done. She responds moments later saying to meet her outside of entrance B. I head over to entrance B and she's standing there waiting.

She hops in. "Get the wine ok?"

"Yep. Get everything you need?"

"I did. Here open." Martha hands me a box and I open it. It's a gorgeous silver necklace with a moon and a round silver tag with the words, "Tell me the story about how the sun loved the moon so much he died every night to let her breathe."

"I love it! Martha thank you so much!" I hug her and she takes the necklace from my hands and slips the necklace around my neck attaching the clasp.

I drive off and head back home. When we pull into the driveway there are many cars lined up and I see Joe running toward us. Martha instructs me to just park the car right where I'm stopped. As soon as I step out of the door Joe looks me over telling me how beautiful I am and hugs me and then looks at his wife and tells her she's breath taking. He kisses her cheek and links his arm in ours and walks us around back.

Once we reach the back I see the yard decorated, chairs lined up with people sitting in them. A white fabric rolled out down the middle of the chairs and flowers at the end of each row. My hands fly up to my face when I realize what's happening here.

Joe pulls my hands down from my face as tears roll down my cheek. "Are you ready to marry the man of your dreams?"

"Wha...what...how." I stop and try to collect my thoughts. "Yes! Yes I will marry him right now!"

Joe takes my arm and walks me to where the fabric is laid out making and isle to walk down. Zane steps from behind the wall at the end where Paul stands as the best man and Travis and Ryder stand as his groomsmen. Lizzie stands as my maid of honor and Jamie and Serena stand as bridesmaids.

This is really happening, I'm getting married today.