Chapter 24 ShannonWalking into the elegant ballroom on Jonah’s arm, I turned heads. I kept my chin up and my shoulders back. I looked exactly as I should—even if on the inside I felt like Bambi on the first day of deer hunting season. When Kim zipped me into the extravagant dress earlier, I’d nearly cried. “What’s wrong? You look a-mazing!” “Do you really think I can carry this off?” I gnawed on my bottom lip, hands shaking. The dress fit as if it had been made for me. The expert seamstress at the boutique delivered the finished product to my house in record time. Vivienne followed through and couriered over a sparkling pair of pear-shaped sapphire and diamond earrings, displayed beautifully by the upswept hairdo Kim gave me. “You are carrying it off, right now! Your hair is perfect

