Sure enough, up on the small stage at the head of the barn, a band was getting ready to play and the famous country singer was smiling and preparing for a set. Wade had once been her bodyguard and was close friends with her husband, Cooper Townsend.

Wade joined them, a wide smile on his face. “Ah, you know I’m sure she does that for all her friends. She told me she misses playing small venues now that she does her own stadium tours. I say, hey, Em, gotta barn for you right here.” He chuckled. “I’m happy she and Coop could make it. Did you get to see Sadie and Chase?”

“Yeah, she looks great,” Shane said. “I did not tell her that we’ve gone through three receptionists in the year and a half since she left. No one can handle the big guy’s bad temper.”

“He does not handle transition well,” Declan said.

“He doesn’t handle transition at all,” Wade agreed. “Shane and I have been trying to get him to refill the spots. He always finds something wrong with the candidate. Sometimes the candidate walks out in the middle of the interview. One of them actually ran. It’s crazy.”

“The big guy will come around.” At least Remy hoped he would.

“Do you think so?” Riley asked. “After what happened with Ezra and his group? I don’t know. He hasn’t been the same since.”

Remy didn’t like to think about what had happened to that group of men they called the Lost Boys, but it hadn’t been Big Tag’s fault. “He can’t blame himself. No one saw that coming.”

“I’ve told him that same thing a hundred times,” Wade replied with a shake of his head. “He’s taking the weight of the world on his shoulders.”

“No one could have known. He played everyone. We all thought he was…” Shane pushed back from the table. “I don’t want to think about him. I want to forget what happened to those men and focus on the fact that we’re all good. Our team. We were lucky. We’re all whole and here.”

Remy agreed, but he had to go and make sure Tag was fine, too.

Dec slapped Shane on the shoulder. “You’re right. Tonight we celebrate.”

“The dancing is about to start so grab your girls,” Wade offered with a smile.

All around, the people started moving to the dance floor as the music started up and Mr. and Mrs. Wade Rycroft were invited to share their first dance.

Lisa was standing and talking with Charlotte Taggart. She glanced up and gave him a smile and a brief nod. Like his little shrimp could read his mind and give him permission to do what he needed to do.