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she said.
    “The wedding of the year.” Jillian wiped tears from her eyes. “I am so overwhelmed. I’m speechless so I can’t imagine how I’ll be on the actual wedding day. Oh, Cali, this is what you deserve and this time you’re going to get all your dreams.”
    Cali wiped tears from her own eyes and Shar had to fight not to start blubbering herself. Her heart wasn’t quite as emotionally swayed as her sisters’ but she would be an ice queen not to feel overwhelmed by the moment. “Y’all are going to have me blubbering soon.” She laughed and wiped the dampness from her eyes.
    Cali sniffed and put her arms around both of them. “Thank you both so much. My heart is so full of love. And though I never believed I’d marry again, now I can’t wait. I keep saying that but it’s just true.”
    “Keep saying it,” Shar encouraged. “We’re all in on your happiness, big sister.” That made Cali smile. Shar, Jillian, and Olivia were triplets, so they’d all idolized Cali growing up. She was their quieter sister who’d ended up having a rough first marriage and they were just so glad to see her getting the happiness she deserved.
    “Now if Olivia will just get here in time to spend some time with us, it will be perfect,” Cali said.
    “She’ll be here,” Jillian assured her. “I just talked to her.”
    “Great. Then we’re all set.” Cali took a deep breath. “Pinch me, please. Just so I know this is real.”
    Shar reached out and lightly pinched her elbow. “There you go. It’s real all right.”
    “I guess we better get back to work then,” Cali said.
    “Please, no. Mrs. Talbert Albert…I mean, Mrs. Albert Talbert’s group arrives today.”
    And on that note, they left the storage area chuckling.
    Shar was glad they found it funny because she didn’t. She wanted to run into the ocean and swim for Key West.
     
     
    By eleven, Gage headed to the resort. She told him to stop by and he wasn’t a man who missed out on opportunity.
    He felt as if he had come to know Shar in the last twenty-four hours. He’d been drawn to her on their first meeting but now he understood that her passion and her desire to make something better was part of the undeniable draw he felt toward her. That passion had nothing to do with dollars and cents or in taking over a business that had problems. It was simply about making something in the world better. Saving something beautiful so other generations could enjoy it. And that made the world better.
    The resort was busy as he entered through the front doors. People and suitcases were everywhere. He assumed it had much to do with the tour bus sitting in the parking lot.
    There were lines at the counter, so he decided that wasn’t the way to go.
    He spotted a young woman wearing a teal-toned Windswept Bay T-shirt and made his way through the throng to where she stood, directing people toward the elevators at the back of the lobby.
    She was bright-eyed and young, maybe nineteen or a young-looking twentyish. “Can I help you?” she asked before he’d reached her.
    He smiled. “I hope so. I’m looking for Shar. Do you happen to know where I can find her? She’s expecting me.”
    “Sure, I can help you with that. See those stairs?” She pointed to the curving stairs in the corner. “If you follow them up to the next level and then walk down to those doors right there at the end, she’s probably in there.”
    “Thank you.” He paused. “What’s going on, anyway?”
    Her eyes widened. “Oh, this? There’s a Georgia women’s group here for the week. They are having a big conference and they booked the event to see the murals Grant Ellington painted and they hope to glimpse him while they are here during the wedding event.”
    “That’s actually why I’m here. Shar promised to take me on a tour to view them.”
    The girl smiled. “You will love them. My boyfriend Jax helped paint them. Grant—I mean, Mr. Ellington—he was wonderful and generous. He saw