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“Yes. I am. I thought I should wait until Monday, though. You two only have the weekend, and you must have a million things to take care of, now that you’ve set the date.”
Laura laughed. “Yep. I know it’s crazy. Two weeks is nowhere near enough time, but we’ll make it happen.”
When they got to the plaza, they stopped in to Laura’s store first. Her assistant, Maria, was running the place and obviously didn’t need Laura for anything. After that, they were headed to the lodge. Apparently, Ben, who owned the resort, also ran the lodge here and had offered the venue for Smoke and Laura’s reception.
As they made their way across the plaza, she turned to look at Laura. “You have it all figured out, don’t you?”
“What do you mean?”
“You’ve got the store, but you don’t need to worry about it because Maria is so capable. You get to travel. You’ve got a man who adores you, but isn’t around all the time to smother you.” Her smile faded a little. “You’ve even got your mom here now.”
“Yeah. I know I’m lucky the way it’s all worked out.”
“I don’t think luck had anything to do with it. You’ve worked hard—you’re smart, you’ve made it happen.”
Laura smiled. “I make the most of what comes my way, too. Smoke and me, that was just luck.”
“Yeah, I suppose no matter how smart you are or how hard you work, you can’t make the right guy just walk into your life, can you?”
“No, that’s pure luck if you ask me. Are you feeling lucky?” Piper smiled but didn’t say anything. She didn’t want to embarrass herself if Laura didn’t mean what she thought. “I don’t know Cameron that well, but I like him.”
Piper nodded. “I’m not sure I should say anything, but if I did, I think I’d say the same.”
“I thought so.”
“Anyway,” Piper was keen to change the subject, “where are we going? Isn’t the lodge that way?”
“It is, but I want to stop in and see Holly first. I want to talk to her about our dresses. She’ll be able to tell me where I stand the best chance of getting a wedding dress on two weeks’ notice.”
“You’re sure you want me to be your bridesmaid?”
“I’m sure I’m sure. What’s up, don’t you want to?”
“I’d love to, but you have so many friends here; wouldn’t you rather ask them?”
“No. You’re my best friend and my oldest friend. I want it to be you. And besides, I couldn’t ask just one of them, and I can’t ask all of them. This is the best way. Plus, this way you’ll be paired with Cameron. You can’t tell me you don’t like that idea.”
Piper smiled. She couldn’t deny it, but she didn’t have to admit it either.
~ ~ ~
“What did you and Piper do this morning?” asked Cole.
Cameron shrugged. “We had breakfast then went out for a walk.”
Cole gave him a hard stare, but he just laughed. “Unlike you, I know how to hang out with a woman as a friend. Don’t worry, I’m on my best behavior.”
“Sorry.” Cole blew out a sigh. “This place just makes me nervous. It seems everyone who comes here meets someone and falls in love and changes the course of their life. You’ve got your life on track, you don’t need to change it—especially not for a woman.”
“I thought it was working out well for you.”
“It is. I don’t mean that.” Cole looked around the deck of the restaurant. He and Cameron had stayed here to have some lunch while Laura had taken Piper over to her jewelry store on the other side of the lake. “Things couldn’t have worked out better for me.” He smiled. “Laura and I have figured out a date we can get married. I hope it’s going to work for you.”
“Of course, it will. I’ll make damned sure I’m free. When is it?”
“Two weeks from today.”
“Damn! You don’t mess around, do you?”
