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Diana with her coat. Joy already knew what Diana was wearing underneath her coat. A short, straight black skirt, a white cashmere sweater, black tights and sexy black high-heeled boots.
    Joy craned her neck to see if Nick was appraising her sister. When she saw that Diana did indeed have his attention—Joy let the water spill out over the top of the glass coffeepot. Embarrassed she quickly turned off the faucet.
    Kevin said to his brother, “I know you gave up your lease. You’ll stay with me.”
    “Thanks, Kev,” Nick replied. “But I figured on finding a place here in Greenport.”
    Water sluiced over the sides of the coffee maker as Joy poured from the pot. Of course he wanted to stay in Greenport! All the better to see Diana.
    “There’s no need for you to look for someplace to stay. There’s certainly plenty of room here,” Emily Mackey announced. “The downstairs is a mess with all the painting going on, but the bedrooms are all fine.”
    “That would be great, but are you sure I won’t be in the way?”
    Joy gnawed her bottom lip as she mopped up water from the counter with a sponge. Didn’t anyone else realize what was going on here? Was she the only one that wasn’t naive?
    “Not another word about it,” Emily Mackey insisted. “Joy, I’ll finish making the coffee. Would you two girls go up and get a room ready? Nick, pleasefinish your sandwich. I’ve got cherry pie for you. I baked just this morning.”
    Joy and Diana left the kitchen. Kevin walked out behind them to hang his coat and Diana’s in the front hall closet. The three maneuvered around furniture that had been covered with heavy drop cloths and pushed into the middle of the living room. The front entryway was the only completed section on the first floor.
    “Hurry up you two,” Kevin said as Diana and Joy started up the stairs to the landing. “I can’t stay too late. I’ve got briefs to go over tonight.”
    “You’d better not be thinking of bringing any briefs on our honeymoon,” Diana replied over her shoulder.
    “I’m not figuring on bringing any briefs at all,” Kevin called back up to Diana.
    Diana smiled to Joy showing her amusement with Kevin’s retort.
    She wasn’t in a smiling mood, but Joy gave it her all to smile back as they reached the second floor. “Did you ever think of not waiting any longer and just eloping?”
    “Don’t be silly,” Diana answered with indignation. “I want a church wedding with all the trimmings. And I want my reception here, where no one else has had their reception. It’s going to be just perfect having it here once everything’s all together. Don’t you think so?”
    Joy wistfully nodded her head as she opened the door to the linen closet in the hallway. If she were getting married she’d want it to be just the way Diana had it planned.
    “Which bedroom do you think we should put Nick in?” Diana asked her.
    “How about the attic bedroom?” Joy suggested, gathering together a set of sheets.
    “I think Mom would rather have us all on the same floor. Let’s put him in the bedroom between yours and mine.”
    Joy scowled.
    “What?” Diana asked.
    “Nothing.”
    Diana wouldn’t let it go. “Was it obvious to you, too?”
    “Was what obvious?” Joy asked innocently.
    “Nick. He’s still in love with me. Did you see the look in his eyes when we said hello to each other?”
    “I saw it.”
    “Poor Nick.” Diana released a deep breath. “I really feel badly about it.”
    Joy didn’t think Diana felt half as bad as she did—not that Joy imagined Nick could ever be interested in her, even if Diana was out of the picture.

Chapter Two
    N ick couldn’t sleep. He turned the lamp on next to his bed and reached for his watch. Seeing that it was nearing midnight, he realized he’d been tossing around for close to an hour. Could it have something to do with the pizza he’d shared with Joy at ten o’clock? They’d been the only two interested in food, so Nick had gone