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Even the sandpipers were getting more action than Cara Chandler-Harris

But she orking at this Turks and Caicos resort instead of frolicking in the crystal-blue surf with a nearly naked, oiled co her fairy-tale-inspired wedding dresses to two hundred industry professionals at a three-day bridal expo The wedding-dress fashion shoas one of the prens, which was still in its fledging stages, was poised to explode with this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for exposure

Adding testicles into the mix would only drive her to drink

Cara swept a glance over the wo dress and repositioned theas she knelt for the four hundredth ti of the mermaid skirt

“Don’t forget her heels will be five inches Not four,” her assistant, and sister, Meredith, reminded Cara as she handed her another pin “And yes, I checked with the airline again Thewith the shoes in it will be here by four o’clock”

“Thanks, honey I took her heel height into account Is Cinderella ready to go?” Cara glanced at her sister

Meredith nodded and flipped her long ponytail over her shoulder “Won’t needthe models with the dresses, don’t ya think?”

She had and knew it Meredith wore her designer’s assistant role like a second skin Cara s Aurora’s sleeve?”

“Nah I’m more worried about stuff I’ve done you don’t know about yet” With a saucy, cryptic grin, Meredith handed Cara the final pin and hu on her phone

“You know I hate that song,” Cara mumbled around the pin in her mouth

“That’s why I sing it If little sisters aren’t annoying, what are we good for?”

“Herding the rest of the girls into place We only have three days until the expo starts and we haven’t even done one run-through” Her lungs already felt tight to be so far behind schedule Good God Ale, torn dresses and a room with a faulty air conditioner And it was only their first day in Grace Bay “Why did I let you talk me into this?”

Cara had no idea how her name had come up to the powers that be who’d selected her for this event Yes, a small handful of Houston brides had hteen raced the pages of glossy society azines Yes, Chandler and Harris were both na way from Houston