Laura laughed because what else could she do? And honestly, what did it matter? She could marry Owen in a burlap sack, and it would all be fine. The pictures would give them something to laugh about in their old age.

“You’re awfully calm,” Abby said. “You’re not in shock or something, are you?”

“Nope. I’m good.” Trying to imagine her bridesmaids taking scissors to her dress on the day of her first wedding had Laura giggling madly. She would’ve lost her shit if this had happened then.

“Should we call Victoria?” Grace asked, her brows furrowed with concern.

“No! I’m really fine. I’m just laughing at how ridiculous this is.”

“It’s going to be fine,” Abby assured her.

“I know that, which is why I’m laughing. At the end of the day, I’ll be married to Owen. Who cares what my dress looks like?”

“She’s going into shock,” Grace said.

“I’m not. I swear.” Laura tried to be convincing, but she couldn’t stop laughing.

Stephanie returned with Sarah, who’d brought her sewing kit and a sharp pair of scissors that Laura recognized from the kitchen.

Her stomach fell when it registered that they were actually going to cut the gorgeous white silk dress.

“Let me see it,” Sarah said.

The other girls stepped aside to give Sarah room to work.

“What’s going on?” Adele asked when she joined them.

“Dress disaster,” Laura told Owen’s grandmother. “Compounded by a rapidly growing set of twins.”

“Oh no,” Adele said.

“Not to worry,” Sarah said confidently. “I know just what to do.”

Since she couldn’t contain her burgeoning waistline, Laura decided to have faith that her new mother-in-law would take care of it.

Chapter 28

Chapter 28

With an hour to kill before his sister’s wedding, Shane McCarthy decided to go for a swim. He could shower and get dressed in ten minutes, and with the hotel overrun with wedding guests and preparations, the beach was the one place he could hope to find a few minutes of peace and quiet.

He was thrilled for Laura—and Owen, a terrific guy who’d become a close friend to Shane since he’d moved out here to live with them at the hotel. However, Shane couldn’t help but think about his own wedding day, three years ago now, and everything that’d happened since then.

He missed Courtney. He missed having a wife and a companion. He’d loved being married. Discovering his wife had a raging drug addiction had been the single most shocking moment of his life. Losing her and their marriage to that addiction had nearly broken him.