“That she is, although he didn’t look too happy when he came back in for her.”

“I’m sure he’s pissed that she tried to confront Jim, and I don’t blame him. I would be, too, if you ever put yourself in that kind of danger.”

“I don’t blame her for what she did. She wanted him to stop before things got out of control.”

“Things were out of control the minute he walked in there and started knocking stuff over.”

“True. What do you suppose will happen to him now?”

“He’s going to face charges for sure. If he hadn’t grabbed the knife, it might’ve been a misdemeanor, but waving a knife around in front of a cop probably qualifies as a felony, and he actually stabbed Dan.”

“Jeez.”

“If he’s convicted, he could get disbarred, too.”

“I’ll never understand what’s wrong with him. He had everything and threw it all away.”

“His loss.”

“Definitely. Did you ever talk to your dad about the woman who came to the marina today?”

“I didn’t get a chance to with so many people around. I’ll ask him about it in the morning. I’m sure it’s nothing, or he would’ve told me.” He glanced over at her. “So I had this absolutely brilliant beyond brilliant idea today that I wanted to run by you.”

“I can hardly wait to hear this.”

“Ned was grousing this morning about how Seamus and Carolina stole their idea.”

“Stole their idea?”

“Apparently, he and your mom were planning to pull off a secret wedding disguised as a cookout.”

“Seriously? They were going to do that, too?”

“Yep, and he’s all bummed out because he really wants to be married to your mother, and it’s almost impossible to find a time when there isn’t something else going on. Then Grant showed up and announced that he and Steph are getting married on Labor Day. That really set Ned off.”

“I’m so glad Grant and Steph finally set a date. I was starting to worry about that.”

“So was he.”

“So what’s your brilliant idea?”

“Let’s give them a surprise wedding.”

“You want to surprise them with a wedding.”

“Yes.”

“Mac, when we got married, what exactly did you do to help plan the wedding?”

He thought about that for a moment. “I bought the house where we had the wedding.”

“And?”

“And I um… Well… I ah… I got married?”

“Exactly,” she said with a laugh. “You don’t have the first clue as to what it takes to plan a wedding, which is why you think this is such a brilliant idea.”

“How hard can it be? We can do it at our place. We need food and flowers and music. We invite everyone over for a party, and Uncle Frank marries them. Voilà. Done.”

“What about a license and rings?”