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front of his house.
    “I did too. You helped a creature that’s struggling with extinction today. Every one that we can save is one more to carry on.”
    He got that. Not until he’d seen the eggs had it hit him, though. “I get what you’re doing, Shar. I could get hooked on it too.”
    She smiled over at him. Excitement sparkled in her eyes and he understood it now, the determination she had and the exhilaration she felt when she found a nest.
    He could become obsessed with that feeling himself. He wondered whether that was how his father felt in business. Gage had never felt that kind of all-consuming drive and passion…until he’d met Shar. Until he saw her passion and he wondered what it would feel like to have that passion directed at him. Someone was going to be a lucky man one day. Shar Sinclair was a special woman.
    “I’ll see you later. Have a good day at work.”
    She’d told him that she jogged and looked for sea turtles eggs early and then showered and headed by the hospital to check on the turtles; then she headed to work by nine. She’d said that she and her sisters had decided earlier that year to take over the running of the resort so their parents could retire. And they were doing some remodeling.
    She was, he decided, a very busy lady.
    “Oh wait,” she said. “My schedule is off today. It’s going to be busy. I’m picking up bridesmaids’ dresses from the cleaners today. The wedding is at the resort and it’s almost here.” She shook her head. “I can’t believe it.”
    “Your sister and Grant?” He clarified making sure he was following her rushed words.
    “Yes. You’re very welcome to come to the party. We’re having the wedding on the beach of the resort but there will just be family and a few close friends of the family. But then we’re opening the reception up to the resort guests and friends.”
    “It sounds like a fun time. I’d hate to intrude.”
    “Believe me, you won’t be. There’s a lot going on behind the scenes and there will be press there and photographers taking shots for advertising purposes, along with the regular wedding photographer. It was the best way we could come up with a solution to promote the resort without inviting the whole world to Cali and Grant’s wedding. We’re just hoping no helicopters show up.”
    He laughed, and then realized she was serious. “I guess Grant is the reason for that?”
    “Hey, it could be my sister or the resort,” she teased indignantly. “But it’s not. It’s Grant. Cali has had to adjust to the idea.”
    “I bet.”
    “Come by when you have time and I’ll show you the murals.”
    “You’ve got a deal. Talk to you later.” He closed the door and smiled as she drove away. He smiled all the way into the house as he headed toward the shower.
     
     

Chapter Nine
     
     
    “Everything looks wonderful,” Cali said, later that morning as she looked at the decorations for the wedding. “Just beautiful.”
    “It’ll look better when it’s not set up in a storage area.” Shar looked around the room with a critical eye. She wanted this wedding to be wonderful for Cali and Grant. And setting everything up here so that they could get a small sense of how it was actually going to come together out on the beach had been her idea.
    Not only did it need to be picture-perfect for Cali, they were using the wedding in some advertisements on social media and in brochures. Because there was a lot of interest in Grant Ellington, the famous sea life artist and his wedding, Shar and Jillian had talked Cali into letting the resort gain some of that free publicity. But it had to be perfect.
    Shar studied the white and soft blues that matched the water perfectly and the ribbons and lace, satisfied that this was going to be an outstanding wedding for her sister. The idea tugged hard at her heart in an unexpected moment of wistfulness.
    “Put the water and the Lookout Point in the backdrop and it will be spectacular,”