Emma's POV

I avoided him for the entire morning and afternoon until it was time get ready for the auction. I was nervous.

Please don't embarrass him. Please don't embarrass yourself.

I came from the bathroom and it was time to dress. I took my dress out of the closet and laid it on the bed. Black. I'd been in love with the color black since I was five years old. Black described my life; it was dark. Black like the sky at night when my parents dropped me on the doorsteps of a foster home. Black like the basement I had to sleep in.

I gently applied lotion to...