Chapter 8
Two days later, Amanda and Kim go dress shopping together. They go to Macy's and they look for a dress for Kim to wear at Amanda's wedding. Amanda is happy to have sister time with Kim weeks before her big day.
"They have so many dresses." Kim says.
"You never bought a dress at Macy's before?" Amanda asks.
"No but I bought dresses from different stores." Kim replies.
Amanda picks a lace dress with a V-neck in coral. Kim looks at the dress and she tries it on in the fitting room. As Kim tries on the dress in the fitting room, Amanda waits for her. A minute later, Kim comes out of the fitting room with the dress on and she starts to cry.
"Do you not like the dress, Kim?" Amanda asks.
"No, I love it. It's beautiful." Kim cries
"Then why are you crying?" Amanda asks.
"Because I never thought that I would buy a dress with you to wear at your wedding." Kim cries.
As the sisters talk about their relationship, Kim tries to stop crying. Amanda gives her sister a tissue to wipe the tears off of her face. Kim wipes the tears off of her face and she stops crying. She tells Amanda that she should have put on waterproof makeup. Amanda helps Kim fix her makeup and she agrees to take the dress and she goes back into the fitting room. A few minutes later, Kim comes out of the dressing room and she goes to the register with Amanda.
"I'm so happy that you're getting married." Kim says.
"Me too." Amanda responds.
Amanda and Kim pay for the dress and then they leave Macy's. Kim suggests that they go to Charming Charlie to get accessories. A few minutes later, they get to Charming Charlie and they pick out jewelry and a clutch to go with Kim's new dress. A few minutes later, they pick out the jewelry and clutch and they pay for it. A few minutes later, they leave Charming Charlie and they go to a shoe store. They find a pair of dress shoes and suddenly, Kim's phone rings and it's her mother.
"Who's calling you?" Amanda asks.
"Mama, but I'm not picking up because I'm spending quality time with my sister." Kim replies.
Kim and Amanda go to the register and they pay for the shoes. Amanda gets a text message from her father and he's asking her and Kim to have lunch with him. Amanda replies yes to her father and he tells her that it'll be the three of them since Christina will be teaching her yoga class at home. They leave the store and they get in the car.
"Where are we going?" Kim asks.
"Daddy wants us to have lunch with him." Amanda responds.
A few minutes later, Amanda and Kim go to Tony's Restaurant which is the Italian restaurant that their father owns. They get out of the car and they go into the restaurant to see their father. They go up to the hostess and she brings them to the table that their father is sitting. Amanda and Kim walk to the table that their father is sitting at. Tony is happy to see his daughters together. He hopes that they'll have the best lunch date together. They see their father sitting down and they walk over to him. He gets up to greet his daughters.
"Here comes my girls." Tony says.
"Hi, Daddy." Amanda says.
"Hi, Daddy." Kim says.
Tony and his daughters order food from the menu. A few minutes later, the food comes and they eat the food. As the family eats their lunch, they decide that they should talk about their relationship, family, jobs, their love lives and the wedding.
"Wow, Daddy. This restaurant is amazing." Kim says.
"I spoke to a manager and he'll give you a job." Tony says.
Kim is happy that she will be able to get a job even though her father is the owner. Amanda and Kim remember that he used to own a bar and their mother's drinking made him want to gamble. He reveals to his daughters that if their mother left him because of his gambling and if she took his daughters away from him that he would kill himself. Tony says that he's glad to be with his daughters now.
"Where are you living now, Kim?" Tony asks.
"I'm living with my boyfriend, Lorenzo. He hasn't proposed yet." Kim replies.
Kim tells Amanda and Tony that after her release from jail, Lorenzo took her to meet his family and she moved in with him. Amanda shows Kim a picture of her wedding dress and then they talk about wedding planning. Tony says he'll talk to the chef at Tappan Hill Mansion about having Italian food for the reception. Tony says that he can sing and Amanda suggests that he sings My Little Girl by Tim McGraw at the reception.
"Mama is not happy about Amanda getting married." Kim says.
"She doesn't want me to marry Declan. I love him and he loves me." Amanda says.
"Your mom has no right to tell you who you can and can't marry." Tony says.
Amanda tells Kim and Tony that she has decided not to invite her mother to her wedding. She says that her mother will probably show up drunk at her wedding. Kim says that her mother showed up drunk at her 8th grade graduation ceremony and that she was asked to leave.
"I'm going to walk down the aisle as Daddy's little girl." Amanda says.
"I'm going to make that happen since I'm walking you down the aisle." Tony tells Amanda.
Kim tells her father and her sister that she'll be the one crying on Amanda's wedding day. Soon lunch is over and Tony orders a dish to take home to his wife. Amanda and Kim tell their father goodbye and head home.