Chapter 71 The Dress Shop

 

Colleen and the ladies headed into the city and were dropped off at Kleinfeld's.  No paps and no warning that they were coming.  Stephanie held the file of dresses they wanted to see. The salesperson to help them was shocked when Desi and Nina said the sky’s the limit.  Colleen gave them a dirty look.

 

“He said to pick out what you wanted Colleen,” Maggie said with tears in her eyes.

 

The ladies sat out in the showroom, while Stephanie and Colleen went into the dressing room.

 

“Can you tell me a little about your fiancé,” Sarah the attendant asked.

 

“He’s my dad, he’s a Rockstar among men,” Stephanie told her.

 

“My fiancé is Jon Bon Jovi,” Colleen said.

 

“Like the rock singer?” Sarah asked.

 

“Yes,” Colleen and Stephanie said together.

 

“Tell me what you want to try on,” Sarah told them. 

 

Stephanie pulled out the folder and handed it to Sarah.

 

“These are what Colleen and my dad liked,” Stephanie told her.  “So anything similar will work,”

 

Sarah’s eyes went wide and she looked at the photos and the note at the back telling her to use her discretion and please not telling anyone that they were there. To let his fiancé please have the time of her life and it was signed Jon Bon Jovi.

 

“Okay let me go shopping, I think we have some of these in stock, or something close to them,” Sarah left the room and leaned on the wall. “Someone find Randy I need him.”

 

“What did you slip in my folder Steph,” Colleen stepped out of her jeans and shirt and put on the bridal robe.

 

“Just not to tell anyone who we were, Max is somewhere in here along with Albert, watching us,” Stephanie told her.

 

“No one asked me when the wedding was, you want to go find Sarah and tell her?” Colleen said as Stephanie jumped up and headed to the door.

 

It wasn’t long till she was back laughing.

 

“It’s a good thing that I told her, it would be August before they can do a custom dress,” she continued to laugh.

 

“I don’t know why we had to come here and not just go to that place we saw in Red Bank,” Colleen whispered. 

 

“Because Daddy told us to spoil you,” Stephanie told her just as the door opened and Sarah came in with a rack of dresses.

 

Sarah pulled out one dress, Stephanie looked from the dress to Colleen, trying to gage her reaction.

 

“I like the sleeves,” Colleen said with a half-smile.  “I’m not sure about the rest of it.”

 

“Try it on Mom,” Stephanie looked at Colleen and smiled.

 

“Okay,” Colleen slowly opened the robe and handed it to Stephanie. Then it hit her what Stephanie called her and she smiled ear to ear.

 

As she slipped into the first dress, ball dress.

 

“I look like a cupcake,” Colleen looked at Stephanie who was trying not to laugh.

 

She went out to show her mom, who didn’t try not to laugh.

 

It was one dress fail after another till they got to the Jon dress and the A-line gown.

 

“Dad’s dress first?” Stephanie asked.

 

“Why not it can’t be worse than the cupcake dress,” Colleen waited while Sarah laced her into the sexy dress. Once done Colleen looked at herself in the mirror.

 

“Oh. My. Goodness, I can see my panties,” Colleen gasped.

 

“That’s not all I see,” Stephanie covered her eyes.  “You have on a thong!”

 

“I can’t show my mother this dress,” Colleen stepped back.  “My Nips show too!”

 

Sarah ran out of the room and came back with something that looked like a nude slip.

 

Once the offensive dress was removed, Colleen put the slip on and the dress slipped back on.

 

“Is that better,” Sarah asked.

 

Colleen when back to the mirror, it was ninety-nine percent better.

 

“Mom, you look Hot!” Stephanie said as she got up and went to stand by her.  “Dad will swallow his tongue.”

 

Colleen giggled.  She went out of the room and into the sales floor.

 

“OH,” Maggie said.

 

“My,” Desi said

 

“God,” Albert said, who was walking back with Desi from the bathroom.

 

“Jonny like,” Nina added.

 

“Well can we bride her up?” Stephanie said.

 

Randy came up and twisted her hair up and added a sparkly comb.

 

Colleen was brought to tears.  Nina snapped pictures on her phone.

 

“That would be the perfect reception dress, Father Michael might not let you wear it in the church,” Maggie told her.

 

“We have one more to try on,” Stephanie told them.

 

She and Colleen went back to the dressing room.

Colleen was helped out of the dress and hung it up.  Then the sparkly A-line was slipped over her head.

 

Stephanie was blinking back tears and so was Colleen. Looking in the mirror she held her breath.

 

 

It fit like it was made for her.  Just like the sexy dress she needed the slip.

 

“Can these sleeve ruffles on the wrist be removed?” Colleen asked. “It would be perfect for the wedding.”

 

They walked out and tears were flowing. The vail from Ireland was perfect.

 

So they walked out with the sexy dress, the sparkly comb, the slip, and the A-line dress. Jon’s black card could be heard screaming as it was run.  While they were being rung up the ruffle on the sleeves were removed.  As Stephanie said, “Thank you all for making this a special day for my new mom.”