Gators and Garters (Miss Fortune Mystery, #18)

by Jana Deleon

“Then what do you plan on wearing to be married to the man who has waited patiently for a million years for you to wise up?” “Don’t worry,” Ida Belle said. “Wedding wardrobe is our next stop.” Gertie eyed her suspiciously. “Where exactly are we going?” “Army-Navy store,” Ida Belle said. The dismayed look on Gertie’s face was so hilarious I snapped a picture of her. “You’re not wearing camo to your wedding!” Gertie insisted. “It will be new camo,” Ida Belle said. I laughed. “Gertie, you haven’t looked this upset since Ida Belle told you Francis couldn’t sing in the church choir.” “An idea almost as ridiculous as me wearing a wedding dress,” Ida Belle said. “The choir needs another tenor,” Gertie said. “And Francis loves singing.” “He also loves talking,” I said. “He’ll hijack the sermon and since he spent half his life with nuns and the other half with criminals, I hesitate to think what kind of trouble that would cause. Maybe you could check with Celia. Francis is Catholic, after all.” Gertie gave me a dirty look. “I would never allow Francis in the Catholic church, especially as long as Celia’s running the show over there. Any congregation that has Celia in charge of their events doesn’t deserve to have Francis’s talent to entertain them.” “She called animal control on you again, didn’t she?” Ida Belle asked.