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She makes her way to the gazebo, and Hoyt walks over and helps her up to stand with Keller.
“Hey, everyone,” she says into the mic and waves. “You want me to draw the ticket or announce the number?” she asks him.
“Hmm,” he says. “Switch places with me.”
She shakes her head at his odd request, but she walks around him. When she turns back around, Keller is on bended knee, holding a little blue box.
She gasps when she sees him.
“What’s happening?” she asks, her voice trembling.
Norah and Hannah are immediately reduced to puddles, and I feed an arm around the both of them.
“I’m not good with words. But I mean all the things, and I feel all the things. With everything in me, I want you to be my wife.”
He flips the box open to show her the sparkling rock within.
“Will you marry me?” he asks.
She doesn’t answer; she just leaps down into his lap and starts kissing his face off.
“Was that a yes or what?” I yell.
“Yes, yes, yes,” she cries through tears, and Keller slips the ring onto her finger.
Hoyt approaches them and offers his congratulations, and then he steps to the microphone.
“I guess I’m going to be announcing those door prizes after all. Everyone, ready for the first number?”
“I can’t believe Hannah and Bran made it official and Keller and Willa got engaged, all on the same night,” Norah says as we all sit around a table, eating a delicious meal. “You all can thank me with something pretty under the Christmas tree this year,” she states.
“Thank you?” Keller repeats.
“Yes, thank me. The only reason you and Willa are together is because I talked her out of selling the inn, and the only reason Bran and Hannah even met is because of Willa inviting her to come visit at my wedding.”
“That’s a stretch, sis,” Keller quips.
“It is not. It’s the truth, and you all owe me.”
“What happened with your job?” I ask Hannah.
“I got the promotion,” she says.
“You did?”
“Hell yeah. I deserved it, and Mara finally realized it.”
“But you’re here. Did you turn it down?”
“I did. I got a better offer, and I decided having a small part in something wonderful is better than having a big part in something mediocre.”
“What offer?” I ask.
Willa says, “I decided I am not cut out to be an event planner. I was completely overwhelmed. I’m an innkeeper. I love being an innkeeper. I’m happy I own this space, but I’d rather have someone else handle all the details.”
“So, you two are going into business together?” I ask.
“Not exactly. I’m starting my own business, and Willa and Norah here are my first two official vendors. Now, I just have to find somewhere to live. Rent an office space and pick a name and branding and go clear out my apartment,” I explain.
