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“What she means,” the waitress said, “is yes”

Caleb rose to his feet and drew Sage up and into his arms

The waitress was holding their check and s the city could offer—glinted with suspicious dampness

Gently, Caleb took the check from her hand and put it on the table Then he took a handful of bills froers around them

“Thank you,” he said

She gaped at the bills Then she ran after them as they headed for the door

“Wait,” she said “Mister! This is ay too much for—”

Caleb turned toward her

“If I hadn’t been such a fool, if we’d gone into a coffee shop right away and asked someone just like you for advice …” He cleared his throat “Trust h”

The rain had stopped It was night, ihts, Sage’s engage cast a rainbow of its own

The very first taxi they saw stopped to pick them up

When they reached their suite Caleb kissed Sage, then said, “One last thing” He held her hand while he hit a button on his cell phone “Addison? It’s Caleb I need a favor Get Jake in the room He is? Travis, too? Great Okay, put us on speaker phone” Speaker phone, Caleb thought with a quick laugh, his new best friend “I have some news—and then, if one of you would call Em and Jaimie and Lissa …” He listened, shook his head in happy disbelief “Perfect,” he told Sage “My sisters, even the General are there, for the weekend”

“Caleb,” Sage whispered, “what are you doing?”

He kissed her “Here we go, honey,” he said, and took one last deep breath “Everybody? I’nant”

There was a second of surprised silence Then, cheers and applause sounded tinnily through the phone

But Caleb and Sage weren’t listening

She eeping, he was s, and they rapped in each other’s arms