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“I think you can probably guess.”
“Women, not wine, right?”
“Just one woman, in particular.”
“Are you two there? Are you going to ask her?”
“I plan to. In fact, that’s why I’m going to Phoenix. I want to ask her dad’s permission before I ask her.”
“That’s awesome! I have to go, I have another call coming in. Meet me at the hangar at seven on Thursday morning.”
“I’ll be there. Thanks, Cam.”
That had worked out even better than he’d hoped. He’d picked up the phone again hoping that this next call would go as well. He dialed and listened to it ring.
“This is Smoke.”
“This is me.”
“Marcos?”
He laughed. “Yes, cousin. How are you?”
“Busy, busy, busy, but never too busy to talk to you. What’s going on?”
“Nothing much. Yesterday I made an offer on the Hardy estate; on Thursday I’m going to Phoenix to ask Molly’s dad for his blessing—”
“You’re going to ask her to marry you?”
“I am.”
“Congratulations. That makes me happy.”
“Thanks. It’ll make me happy if she says yes.”
“She will. Won’t she? There’s no question, is there?”
“Not that I know of, but I’m not taking it as a given. Not yet.”
“You’ll be fine. You two are meant to be together, and she knows it. She never stopped loving you, even I could tell that much. Let me know when you plan an engagement party, won’t you? My schedule’s crazy these days, but Laura will kill me if we don’t make the party.”
Marcos chuckled. “I hadn’t even thought about a party. Actually, I wanted to ask you for Laura’s number.”
“You want her to make you a ring?”
Marcos smiled. “I do. I seem to have this drive to do everything I can to be part of our family again, to draw everyone together and make sure we all touch each other’s lives in one way or another. I want Laura to make the ring if she will, if she has time. I like the idea of her being the one to do it.”
“I do, too, and I know she’ll love it. I’ll give her a call now and tell her. I’ll give her your number and don’t be surprised if she calls you within the next five minutes.”
“That’ll be great, thanks. I’m hoping she’ll be able to do it soon.”
Smoke laughed. “If I know Laura, she’ll drop everything and get right on it—and, no doubt, want to deliver it in person.”
Marcos laughed with him. “I like that idea. It’d be good to see you both.”
“Let’s make it happen, then. You talk to Laura first and see how long she needs, and I’ll bring her out there when it’s done.”
“Thanks, Smoke. You’re the best.”
