“Yeah, I do. People don’t fall in and out of love that easy. You know that. He’s mad right now, but he’ll calm down. What you need is a plan for how to heal his wounded pride.”
“Okay.” Savannah nodded. “That sounds good. What will it be?”
“Honestly, I haven’t a clue. I think we need help from people who have known Zach Turner longer than you and I.”
“What? You want to call a town meeting?”
“In a manner of speaking, yes.”
Savannah’s throat went tight with emotion. “Thank you, Gabi. Your friendship means …” Choked up, she blinked back tears. “Everything.”
“Oh, just calm down. I’m sure there will be a point when you have to do something like this for me. No one is perfect, Savannah. You gotta remember that. You just have to trust people who care about you.”
Gabi picked up the phone on Zach’s desk and punched in a number Savannah recognized. “Sarah? Gabi Romano here. Savannah did something stupid and now she needs our help. Can you call a meeting? We need the Eternity Springs matchmakers to do their thing.”
TWENTY-FOUR
“We could try an intervention,” Celeste suggested as she sank into the largest of the hot springs pools at Angel’s Rest three days later. To Savannah, she added, “We have quite a bit of experience at that.”
Sarah kicked off her flip-flops, then sat on the edge of the pool and dangled her feet in the water. “Interventions are a specialty of ours.”
Nic frowned thoughtfully. “We’ve never done an intervention with a guy before. I’m afraid it could backfire.”
“Mac wouldn’t like it,” Ali said, scooting over to make room for Sage.
“Colt wouldn’t, either.” Sage waved at Gabi, who had just ended her shift and ducked into the dressing room to change out of her uniform into her swimsuit.
“I think we should return to our original strategy,” Sarah said. “Oh, this water feels good. My feet are killing me.”
“What original strategy?” Savannah asked.
Nic explained. “We chatted you up to him every time we saw him.”
“We were Eternity Springs water torture,” Sage added with a laugh.
Savannah said, “I appreciate the thought, but I don’t think y’all understand just how angry he is.”
“She’s right,” Gabi said as she joined them. “The man is one great big impossibly bad mood. I’ve tried three times to bring up Savannah’s name, and he cuts me off with that laser look of his. The last time I tried it, he handed me a stack of old paperwork to file. Took me four hours. I don’t dare mention her again. Trust me, Zach is PO’d. She needs something big to get through to him.”
“A grand gesture,” Celeste said. “Hmm. That could be fun.”
Nic said, “Grand gestures are very romantic. Gabe won my heart with a grand gesture. He decorated a nursery for the twins.”
“Gabe already had your heart before he did that,” Sarah protested. “Though it did break through your anger. You were pretty angry at him.”
“He deserved it. He’d been a total jerk.”
“Zach isn’t being a jerk,” Savannah defended. “He’s hurt.”
“Yes, he is,” Nic said. “That’s why he’s not thinking clearly. We have to help him clear his mind by reminding him what is important.”
Celeste and Sage nodded. Celeste said, “Okay, then. A grand gesture. Ideas?”
“I can’t top Zach. He chartered a helicopter and flew me to one of the most exclusive resorts in Colorado for a night of wild sex.”
Following a moment of shocked silence, Sage, Sarah, and Nic shared a look of surprise. “He did?” Sarah asked. “We didn’t know about that. How did we miss that little detail?”
“I don’t want to hear about wild sex,” Gabi said. “I’m single with no prospects. It’ll make me jealous.”
Celeste waved a dismissive hand. “Let us get Savannah and Zach settled and we’ll go to work on you.”
“A grand gesture,” Sage mulled aloud. “Remember how Jack proposed to Cat? He took her hang gliding over a field strewn with yellow roses that spelled out ‘Marry Me.’ ”
Nic said, “And Mac bought the yurt from Bear and went all Arabian Nights sheikh on Ali.”
“Well, I’m doomed,” Savannah said. “That’s all out of my league.”
“We just need to think.” Sarah kicked the water absently. “Zach is a sports fiend. Maybe something sports-related?”
“I think it needs to be something public,” Gabi said. “I think you need to make yourself a fool for love, Savannah.”
“Now, there’s an idea,” Sage agreed. “Something to do with peaches, maybe?”
Nic rested her head back and looked up at the stars. “He loves