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back when I’ve ballooned up and weigh fifteen stone. I’m sure that’ll make her feel better. Anyway, we were talking about Shane?’
    Cara briefly recapped what had happened the night before, as well as their conversation this morning. When she was finished, Kim shook her head. ‘Well, I think it all sounds good, you both seem to be on the same page anyway.’
    ‘I know, I can’t believe how silly I felt after he told me all that this morning.’
    ‘Well, I’d be willing to bet it will happen soon, a proposal I mean. You two have been together for a while now. But I’ll say one thing – when Shane pops the question, do yourself a favour and just elope,’ Kim said. Cara wondered why. From what she could remember of Kim and Ben’s wedding, eight years ago, it was a big affair but nothing elaborate or ostentatious. Then again, she briefly recalled some . . . strife surrounding Betty and her level of interference in the build-up. While Cara knew her mother could be . . . persuasive at times, Betty had always been massively supportive of her and Cara knew she would want her very much involved in her own wedding plans.
    ‘Oh, I could never do that, Kim! I’d have to have everyone there on the day,’ Cara replied. ‘I can never understand people who do that – head off to Vegas and get married on their own with nobody there to celebrate with them. What’s the point if you can’t share it with family and friends?’
    At that moment their food arrived and both women tucked in, Kim wasting no time launching in to her cheese fries.
    ‘OK then, but if a wedding is on the cards try and pick a date before I get whale-sized at least.’
    ‘Yes, having seen you with the other two, I think dolphin-sized is more like it,’ Cara replied drolly, ‘especially since it appears you share a gene pool with the likes of Heidi Klum.’
    ‘I wish!’ Kim laughed. ‘But in all seriousness,’ she continued, ‘when it happens, the proposal I mean, just do what is right for the two of you. Trust me, you will get plenty of “advice” from everyone and anyone on the best way to do things, and remember that you don’t have to take any of it. Know that whatever you choose, the people who love you and support you the most won’t make the day about them, they’ll make it about you and Shane, and show up to celebrate your special day regardless of what you decide to do. Just do what feels right for you. Ben and I did and we couldn’t be happier today. Set the precedent early and go on to have a happy life.’
    ‘Thanks, that’s good advice.’ Cara smiled at her. She really couldn’t ask for a better sister-in-law. This is what sisterhood should really be like, she thought as her mind briefly turned to Heidi and Danielle. ‘Course there isn’t anything to plan, seeing as he hasn’t asked me yet.’
    Kim patted her hand. ‘Just promise me that when he does, I’ll be one of the first to know.’
    ‘Goes without saying,’ Cara said, thinking about how she had been the first in the family (besides Ben of course) to know Kim’s big news. She turned her attention back to her food as Kim waved down the waitress again.
    ‘Excuse me?’ she asked. ‘Can I get some more of these cheese fries?’
    Cara’s eyes widened. ‘Seriously?’
    ‘What?’ Kim looked at her. ‘I can’t eat like this at business lunches so I need to make the most of it. It would scare off all my clients.’

Chapter 4
    As Kim pulled away from dropping Cara off back at her office, she smiled fondly as she thought about the conversation with her sister-in-law. She hoped it all did work out between Cara and Shane, as she not only appreciated her relationship with Ben’s sister and wanted her to be happy, but truly thought Cara and her lovely boyfriend made a good match.
    She was also glad that her sister-in-law hadn’t given her any grief about the decision she’d made regarding the baby’s eventual delivery. Not that she’d expected her to; Cara