56, The dress

The night of the gala was approaching, all Bane had told Emma was that her dress would be black and classic. It wasn’t much to go on, but Emma had booked an appointment at Salon Noire. Simon offered to keep her company. It would give them time to catch up as well. Emma arrived, accompanied by Luke and Carlos. She had asked Simon if it would be okay with him that Luke came along as her bodyguard. Emma was worried that Simon would feel uncomfortable to have someone he dated be in the same company as him, but not be able to interact in that way. She knew Luke would never be unprofessional when he was on duty. But Simon had assured her he didn’t care. He knew what Luke did for a living and he was used to him in that capacity when the two friends were hanging out.

“So tell me all about your dress,” Tammy urged Emma as she started doing her hair.

“I can’t say much about it, I know it’s black and that it has a classic look,” Emma told her.

“Honey, how come you don’t know what your own dres