The little bell above the door rang as I entered the hole-in-the-wall boutique.

I planned to propose to Jane today and worked extra hard to finish my work early, but she was nowhere to be seen when I finally left my office.

But based on Joseph's information, my mother had run off with Jane in the middle of the workday to come to Amanda's boutique to try on her custom dress for the last time in preparation for tomorrow's gala.

The moment I walked in, I was greeted with the ...