Page 101 of Beau & Autumn

We reluctantly part ways early as I have to go catch up with Fletch, and Autumn is prepping for the first wedding coming up this weekend. Georgia-Blue is running around in a flap when I drop by the distillery on the way to see him at his workshop.

“What the hell is the matter with you?” I ask her as she flies past me in the hallway, almost knocking me sideways.

“I have a million things to do before the weekend, Beau! The first Bassett distillery wedding and all of that.”

“I thought you and Mom had it covered, haven’t you been over at the barn all week putting the final touches on everything?”

“Yeah.” She follows me down to the break room.

“I think you need to slow down and take a beat. One thing about you, little sis, is you always get the job done. So don’t stress.”

She folds her arms across her chest. “It’s someone’s big day, Beau! I want it to be perfect!”

“And it will be, isn’t that why we hired Eden? She’s not running around in a total flap.”

“I’m meeting with her later this morning to go over the final arrangements for the place settings and everything else in between.”

“I’ll come by if you want me to. I don’t know if I can be of help but you know I’ll try. I’m going to meet Fletcher first but I’m heading straight back.”

“Thanks, that would be great.”

“See, a problem shared is a problem solved.” I shrug.

She eyes me suspiciously. “What are you so chirpy about anyway?”

I give her my best I-don’t-know-what-you’re-talking-about look. “I’m always chirpy.”

“Married life going that good?” She gives me a wink.

“Actually, it is pretty good. It’s the best thing that ever happened to me.”

Her eyes glass over for a moment and I cough into my hand, turning to the espresso machine. “I’m glad for you,” she says. I know she gets sad because she hasn’t found her epic love yet, and I keep telling her she’s going to find it someday real soon. I guess as twins we do have that connection, and the ability to kind of feel each other's emotions at times. “You know that, right? Autumn is so wonderful.”

“She’s the best,” I say.

“Do you think my time will really come?”

My heart does hurt for my little sister. She might slightly meddle here and there and always have an opinion about everything, but she’s kind at heart, and she deserves the best. That includes relationships and finding a man who will love her unconditionally. I’ve always told her to never settle for second best.

“Of course it will. You know the right guy could be just around the corner.”

She contemplates this for a second, holding her forefinger to her cheek. “You think so?”

“I absolutely know so. Look how quickly Aut and I got together and made things official. It could be the next guy to walk in the distillery door, you never know.”

She smiles. “Thanks, Beau. I’m truly glad you’ve found someone special.”

I’m about to reply when Hudson sticks his head around the corner.

So much for the next guy to walk in the distillery door… Though I know for a fact GB has always had a little thing for Hudson as much as she would deny it until she was actually blue in the face.

“Ooh, any chance of a coffee?” He raises his eyebrows toward my sister.

“She makes a mean brew,” I say, giving her a wide-assed smile.

She rolls her eyes at me. “You’ve got two legs and a heartbeat,” she tells Hudson.

He stands with his hand on his hip, taking up most of the doorway. “Why are you always so quick to throw your witty comebacks at me?”

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