The others declined, and she walked away.

“Was it something I said?” Grant asked.

“Call me crazy,” Abby said, smiling at the man she’d spent ten years with before realizing her true love was his brother Adam, “but most women don’t grow up dreaming about the day they say ‘I do’ in front of an Elvis impersonator.”

“Call me crazy,” Grant said, his gaze firmly locked on Stephanie, “but I may be the only one in this twosome who actually wants to get married.”

“That’s not true,” Grace said gently. “She’s totally in love with you. Everyone can see that.”

“Maybe so, but she’s in absolutely no rush to get married.”

“Have you talked to her about it?” Laura asked her cousin.

“I’ve tried to bring it up a few times to no avail.” Grant pushed his plate aside, apparently no longer interested in his lobster. “Anyway, I shouldn’t be airing the dirty laundry in public.”

“This is hardly public,” Janey said to her brother.

“Still. She wouldn’t appreciate it.”

“Do you want us to talk to her?” Grace asked. “Laura and I could try to pin her down a bit. Maybe she’d talk to us about things she wouldn’t want to say to you.”

“Well, shit,” Grant said, “if there’s stuff she doesn’t want to say to me, maybe we shouldn’t be talking about getting married.”

“Don’t say that, man,” Evan said.

“Making it an all-or-nothing proposition won’t get you anywhere,” Mac added.

“I hate when he makes sense,” Adam said, “but I gotta agree with him. Don’t lay down ultimatums or anything you might later regret.”

“If you guys want to talk to her,” Grant said to Grace, “that’s fine with me. At this point, I’m not really sure what to do. I don’t want to push her, but I’m sort of at a loss over how best to proceed.”

“We’ll talk to her,” Laura said. “Try not to worry. She loves you.”

“I know,” Grant said, but he didn’t seem entirely convinced.

“When you asked me to be your date to a clambake, I had no idea I’d get to see you do your judge thing, too.”

Frank McCarthy chuckled at Betsy Jacobson’s dry comment. They had brought plates laden with seafood to a table for two in the corner of Seamus and Carolina’s yard. “I’m full of surprises.”

“Yes, you are. It was a lovely ceremony.” Tall and willowy, she had curly dark hair that usually fell to her shoulders. Today it was contained in a ponytail that showed off her strikingly pretty face.

“Officiating at weddings has always been one of my favorite parts of the job.”

“I can see why. So have you known for a while they were going to do this?”

“They asked me two weeks ago.”