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“Did you also push Charley off a mountain so that Tyler would have to come to her rescue?”
“Nope, but when Vivienne Westbrook called me in England to tell me what’d happened and that Tyler had stepped up for Charley, I extended our trip by four days to give them more time together.”
Linc’s mouth opened in shock. “You… You were so mad when you got home and found out what the kids had kept from you!”
“I wasthrilled. I thought Tyler was the perfect man for our Charley for years before they got together. Vivienne and I had talked many times about how we might get them together.”
“Can you believe this?” Linc asked Elmer.
Elmer eyed his daughter with amusement and pride. “She’s her mother’s daughter.”
“What does that mean?” Linc asked.
“Why do you think I didn’t kill you that first week you came home to Butler holding my Molly’s hand like you had some right to? Because my Sarah knew true love when she saw it and told me in no uncertain terms to butt out and leave you two kids alone.”
“Aw, I never knew that,” Molly said, smiling at the memory of her sweet mother. “She was the best.”
“She sure was,” Elmer said.
“What about Gavin and Ella?” Linc asked. “And Hannah and Nolan? I messed with Hannah’s car myself, so I know you didn’t do that.”
“I’ll give you that one, but I was the one who told Nolan to keep asking everyone about her so it would get back to her that he was checking on her all the time. I told him I felt like that was having an impact on her and eventually it would matter when he finally got around to asking her out.”
“This is unbelievable,” Linc said.
“You boys were so cute thinking you were the ones making it all happen, when the great and powerful Oz was working ten steps ahead of you,” Molly said with another happy dance that had her hips swinging and her arms over her head. “As for Ella and Gavin, Amelia and I had been working on that one foryears. Gavin wasn’t ready yet, but once he was, well, let’s just say Amelia and I made sure things worked out for them.”
Linc sat back in his recliner, clearly stunned.
“What about Wade and Mia?” Elmer asked.
“That one was a genuine shock to me,” Molly conceded. “But the minute I saw how crazy he was about her, I was all in.”
“Was that before or after you expressed grave concerns about our son marrying a woman we’d never met?” Linc asked.
“After.” Molly smiled at her husband. “But not long after. I dropped off their wedding night dinner, don’t forget.”
“I brought Amanda here,” Linc said, “so there’s no way you can take credit for that.”
“IkeptAmanda here when she was thinking about leaving town after the fire.”
Linc raised a brow, conveying skepticism.
“Ask her about the talk we had and how she told me she was thinking about going home to her mom and getting out of Landon’s way. I told her that was the last thing Landon would want her to do and look at them now.” After a beat, she said, “Face it, boys. You’re nowhere near as clever as I am.”
Molly leaned in, going for the kill. “And while we’re at it, you should know that I encouraged Ray to ask out my sister and suggested to Grayson that he ought to talk to Emma at Hunter and Megan’s wedding. I was busy that night with Ray and Grayson and then with Chloe showing up to relinquish custody of Caden.”
“I can’t believe this,” Lincoln said to Elmer. “How’d she get this by us?”
“It’s like she said, my friend,” Elmer said with a grin, “we’re just not as clever as she is.”
“Speak for yourself,” Lincoln said with a scowl for his father-in-law.
“You boys were so cute thinking you were responsible for all the kids finding their forever loves.” Molly patted Linc on the head. “So cute.”
“I’ll give you cute,” he said in a low growl.
“Max is engaged! All our kids have found their happily ever afters. Most of Hannah’s have, too. Wasn’t that your goal?”
