In the small coastal town of Windmere, where the sea seemed to whisper secrets to those patient enough to listen, lived two sisters: Alice and Celia—each unique, vibrant, and unmistakably single even as their fiftieth birthdays had come and gone. They shared a large, sun-bleached house with a porch that overlooked the Atlantic, a home filled with laughter, the aroma of baking, and endless plans for “someday.”