Page 33 of The Wedding Toast
As they turned and started walking toward Hannah and Grady’s cottage, Callie said, “I love this for you, Becs, I really do.”
“Thanks, I love it for me too.I just wish you’d move a little closer.”
Callie just laughed.“Yeah, I don’t think the folks around here would appreciate my work too much.”
“I do.In fact, I kept meaning to tell you – the mug you made for me, everyone wants one of those.”
Callie laughed.“You’re just being nice.”
“I so am not,” said Becca.“And if you keep saying stuff like that, I’m going to start taking orders from everyone who says they want one.Then you’ll see.”
She wished her friend would accept that her work was worth so much more than she sold it for, and that if she wanted to, she could build a real business around it rather than only selling at the local markets and from her little Etsy store.
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“What are you looking for?”Reaves asked.
Ollie glanced over at his friend as he drove up the long driveway at the Jacobs estate on Thursday morning.
“What do you mean?”
Reaves chuckled.“You look as though you’re searching for something – or someone.”
Ollie made a face at him.“I shouldn’t have told you, should I?You’re only going to give me grief now, aren’t you?”
“Nah, I’m only messing with you.It was just the way you were looking around, as if this Callie might be out here somewhere.I don’t think we’ll see her this morning, do you?”
“No, probably not.And for what it’s worth, I really wasn’t looking for her.There’s no need to give me a hard time.”
Reaves laughed.“I wasn’t giving you a hard time.If anyone’s doing that, it should be you giving me a hard time.At least the girl you’re looking out for is a hot chick.I’m keeping my eyes peeled for a three-foot little imp.”
Ollie had to laugh.Reaves had told him about his encounter with Zia.
“To be fair, I’m kind of looking forward to meeting her myself.”
It made him laugh when Reaves gave him a mock scowl.
“You chase this Callie if you want.But you can’t have Zia – she’s my little buddy.”
“I get the feeling that I can chase Callie as much as I like,” said Ollie.“She’s not going to be interested.But from what everyone’s said so far, if I meet this Zia, she might at least give me a name.”
“She will, and it’ll probably be a cool one.”Reaves made a face.
“I guess we’ll have to see about that,” he said as he parked his SUV in front of the offices and pointed to Bentley’s car that was sitting near the front doors.“I didn’t think he’d be here yet.We’d better run on in.”
They were at the beginning of what was going to be a very busy few days.They’d gone over the schedule several times already, but Jacob had wanted to go through the guest list and the flight plans one last time.
Ollie smiled when the girl at the reception desk got to her feet to greet them.
“Hi guys, they’re in the conference room.Do you want me to—”
“That’s okay, thanks,” said Reaves.“We know where it is.”
He winked at Ollie as they walked down the hallway, leaving the girl staring after them.“You’re welcome,” he said.
Ollie only shrugged.“She’s nice enough.”
“I know, but you don’t need any complications this week.Not if you want to get to know Callie.”
