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a thick law book, paper and pencil, and tapped the pages into a neat pile. His fussing continued until the papers and the pencil were perfectly aligned and squared up before him. “Let me make sure I have this clear.” He rubbed his side-whiskers and consulted her note. “David has called off the engagement and you’d like to sue him for breach of promise?”
    “Actually, I don’t really want to sue him. I just want to get him to change his mind, but I have to look like I am suing him.”
    “This isn’t a joke, right?” He regarded her soberly, his small eyes boring into hers. For all his jocularity and bonhomie, Josiah Fuller had a reputation as a shrewd lawyer. “From the moment I file the lawsuit, it will become public record. David will be served with papers and the waiting period will begin. He will have thirty days to reach a settlement out of court or the case will go on the docket to be heard.”
    “If he hasn’t changed his mind within thirty days, I will have failed anyway. I’ll withdraw the lawsuit.”
    “So you don’t intend to take this to court?”
    “No. I just want him to think I will. I’m trying to snap him out of this malaise and get him to realize we belong together. I love him too much to walk away from him, especially now.” She ran the tip of her finger over her lower lip. “Mrs. Mackenzie said if I love David then I should fight for him and let nothing, not even David, deter me. I intend to do just that.”
    Warmth flooded Mr. Fuller’s eyes, and his cheeks jiggled as he laughed. “I don’t think David knows what a gem he has in you, Karen.” His whiskers twitched as he cleared his throat and squared up the already square papers before him. He poised the pencil over the pages. “I haven’t handled a breach of promise suit before, so I bent the ear of a colleague of mine who has experience in these matters.” He paused to write a line in precise all-uppercase letters, then withdrew another sheaf of papers from his bag. “This is a copy of his latest breach of promise lawsuit, which should give us a framework to pattern our document after. Let’s go through this step by step and see what we have.”
    For the next hour, Karen answered his questions. He consulted his casebook and papers frequently, pausing to think between questions, probing methodically through her courtship and engagement, filling out page after page with her answers.
    At last he sat back and laced his fingers over his vest. “My dear, you have the most compelling case I’ve heard. Much better than any in here.” He nodded toward the casebook. “If David doesn’t change his mind, you would be sure to win in court. Perhaps you can explain to me why you wouldn’t go through with the lawsuit when you’re sure of winning?”
    “It’s wrong for one Christian to take another to court.”
    “It’s wrong for a young man to promise to marry a girl and then yank all that away, leaving her with nothing.” Fuller closed the papers into a file folder and shut the book. “As for one Christian suing another…if they didn’t, I would be out of business. You’d be surprised at how many ‘Christians’ I have for clients.”
    “Just because a behavior is prevalent doesn’t make it right.” One of Aunt Hattie’s maxims came out before Karen knew it. What would she tell her aunt about the wedding? A sigh forced itself past the lump in her throat.
    “He’s done you a grievous wrong, and you deserve something besides his broken promises. The court will take into account his accident and his blindness, but they’ll also take into account that he’s a member of one of the wealthiest families in Colorado. He promised you that you would be a part of that family, and now he’s withdrawn that promise. No one would blame you for suing.”
    Karen shook her head. “That wouldn’t be right. This isn’t about the money. It never has been. I’d marry David if he didn’t have a penny. The lawsuit is just to jar