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This was awful, like choosing between dark and white chocolate.
Oh, now there was a great analogy—comparing an important life choice to picking a favorite candy.
She had to make a decision. Which man do you want?
“Both” was not an acceptable answer. Anyway, you already decided.
Bailey was still parked on the couch and still vegging out in front of the TV when she came in. Different show but still the Food Network. “Did you guys have a good time?” she asked, using the remote to destroy the evidence.
“We did,” Cecily said.
“He’s a nice guy.”
Yes, he was. And a smart woman would pick the nice guy.
But when she drifted off to sleep, she found herself in a wedding gown, climbing aboard a pirate ship. And there to meet her was Todd Black wearing pirate clothes and guyliner.
“What am I doing here?” she cried, taking in the seedy ship and his equally seedy crew, who looked suspiciously like the regulars at The Man Cave.
“Hey, YOLO,” said Todd the pirate.
“You mean, yo-ho-ho,” she corrected him.
“I mean YOLO. You only live once,” he said and held out a tankard of rum.
The dream went from her drinking rum while Todd’s crew sang the same ditty sung by the Pirates in Disneyland’s Pirates of the Caribbean ride to doing a wild tango with Todd. He was just making her walk the plank in her bra and panties when she woke up.
Oh, good grief. What was she doing?
Chapter Six (#ulink_b7ab01ec-e04f-5b06-ad9e-1b367b055697)
After church the Sterling women gathered at Samantha and Blake’s house to celebrate Mother’s Day. Blake’s parents had come over from Seattle for the occasion, and his grandparents, Tom and Janice Lind, were present, as well. Samantha had prepared a chicken casserole, and Caesar and fruit salads, and Bailey had contributed rosemary scones and a white chocolate cheesecake to round out the menu.
Cecily had made brown sugar facial scrubs for all the women, while Bailey, who was in charge of drinks and had made Bellinis, handed them to guests as they waited for Sunday brunch to make its way to the table.
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