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by leasing the Bristlecone Café, turning it into a restaurant more suitable for Aspen than Eternity Springs, and using it to launch her newest TV series. Unfortunately—or, fortunately, depending on one’s viewpoint—the series had aired only twice before being canceled in February. Lorraine hadn’t been back to town since. Sarah and her friends viewed that as a blessing.
    “No. The buyer is a man with a family who wants to raise his kids in a good environment.”
    “Oh. Good.” Nic carried her empty mug to the coffee-maker and refilled it. “Well, the Trading Post is as established as it gets, since your family has owned it for over a hundred years.”
    “That didn’t make this decision any easier.” Sarah glanced at the clock, then rose and set out mugs for the others along with the coffee cake she’d made for the morning meeting. “It took me a couple of months to work my way through the whole severing-the-family-tie part of the decision. But Lori doesn’t want the store, and not long before he died, Dad told me not to consider myself chained to it, so I don’t feel like I’m abandoning a legacy or anything like that.”
    “Good.” Nic clucked her tongue as she took plates from the cupboard and set them beside the coffee cake. “Wow. Times have sure changed in Eternity Springs.”
    “Thanks to Celeste and Angel’s Rest.” Sarah exhaled heavily and added, “Bob Carson says the buyer is anxious. He has papers all ready to sign.”
    “This is so exciting, Sarah.”
    “Scary, too. The butterflies in my stomach have butterflies.”
    “How soon before you’ll begin your remodel?”
    Sarah swallowed hard. “If I sign the papers today, then tomorrow.”
    “Tomorrow! How in the world did you manage that?”
    “It’s a cash sale. I’m going to use Jarrell Construction, and they had a cancelation in their schedule. Joe told me he can have the bakery ready to open in six weeks.”
    “No!”
    “Yes. I’ll believe it when I see it, though.”
    “Whoa. That’s great, Sarah. It’s just wonderful. I’m so happy for you.”
    “Thank you. It’ll make things easier with Mom, I think, especially as time goes on. Change is hard on Alzheimer’s patients, and with the remodel we’ll be able to keep her space like it is, only I’ll be within earshot just steps away instead of across the street at the store. I’ll be able to keep her home longer.”
    “In that case, I think it’s just what you need. You’ve spent all these years taking care of Lori, putting her needs first. Now she’s well on her way to being settled, and it’s your turn. You can have a brand-new start doing something you’ve always wanted to do.”
    “That’s the way I’m looking at it.” Or at least the way she was trying to look at it.
    “You know what I think? I think seeing Cam in Australia was fated.”
    “Or arranged,” Sarah muttered.
    “Arranged!”
    “Think about it. How did it happen that we took the trip?”
    “You won a contest.”
    “Sponsored by Celeste. Who made all the travel arrangements, including booking the tour with Adventures in Paradise? Who is one of the handful of people in the entire world who knows that Cam Murphy is my daughter’s father?”
    “Celeste.” Nic considered the charge for a moment, then slowly nodded. “You have an argument there. She’s lovable, but she does like to dabble in people’s lives.”
    “Dabble?” Sarah scoffed.
    “Have you asked her about it?”
    “Why bother? She’d never admit it. She’d make one of her philosophical statements and change the subject.”
    “True.” Nic grinned. “Nevertheless, whether the hands of fate made it happen or Celeste Blessing poked her pixie nose into your business, seeing Cam was a good thing. You needed to say goodbye to the old to make way for the new. You’ll have a fresh start—a new home, a new business, who knows, maybe a new man.”
    Sarah wrinkled her nose. “I didn’t exactly say goodbye.”
    “Didn’t