Page 84 of If We Never Met

Lizzie was waiting with a bottle of wine and a cheese tray.

She shook her head in amazement. "Did you just whip that up?"

Lizzie laughed. "No, I put it out for happy hour earlier, but hardly anyone was around today, so I had a lot left over. How was the boat party?"

"Very, very fun. We missed you and Justin."

"I was sad not to make it, but Shay was off today, and Justin had to fly back to San Francisco for a few days." Lizzie paused. "Did you take Dante on the boat?"

"I did. He got along really well with everyone."

"Why wouldn't he? He's a nice guy."

"Heisa good guy," she agreed.

"And you two are…"

"Having fun and not over-analyzing."

"Sounds good. Too bad his brother showed up, huh? The look on your faces… I know that's not what you planned for the evening."

She flushed at the knowing gleam in Lizzie's eyes. "It definitely was not, but I'm glad his brother came to see him. He could probably use some family support."

"How's everything else going with you? Is your mom still seeing Mr. Langley?"

"Yes," she said with a sigh. "They were planning to spend the day together and God knows what they're doing now."

Lizzie laughed. "I can't imagine my parents dating anyone."

"You're lucky that they're still happily married to each other."

"Thirty-eight years and going strong."

"That's amazing."

"It is. I hope Justin and I go the distance. Of course, we have to get married first."

"Have you set a date yet—one that will stick? First, it was going to be this summer, then you were talking about fall…"

"Now, maybe spring," Lizzie said with a helpless shrug. "We want to do it when Justin has time to relax, and I can be away from the inn. We want to take a long honeymoon. Anyway, we'll see what happens. We're not in a hurry. But I will let you know as soon as I know. I'll want you to make my dress."

"You might want to wait and see how happy Hannah is before you decide that."

"Why? What are you talking about? I already saw Hannah's dress, and it's beautiful."

"It's not quite right, and I'm running out of time to fix it. I should probably be doing that now."

"It's Saturday night. You can take a break and tackle it in the morning."

"I know."

"By the way, getting back to Mr. Langley," Lizzie began. "He had a visitor today. She got really agitated when I said he wasn't here."

She sat up straighter. "Did she have red hair?"

Lizzie looked at her in surprise. "She did. Why? Do you know her?"

"No, but Dante told me that Mark had an argument with a red-haired woman a few days ago. He was curious about it, and so am I. Did she give you her name?"

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