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the spot with decided gentleness. Our eyes met, and for the first time I wondered who he really was. I knew he worked for a mining company, something to do with geology, field visits, and numerous reports, but that was about all I knew.
    “How’s Lily?” he asked, lowering his hand.
    “Really sick—with the baby and all. She’s had to quit school.”
    “Tough break. Maybe those girls she’s helping can pitch in for a change.”
    “Maybe.” If she could keep the house long enough. But I didn’t feel like talking about that.
    “Good thing she has Mario. He seems like a nice guy.”
    “So how come you know about my family?” I asked. “I can’t remember you saying anything about yours.”
    “Everyone knows about your family.”
    Maybe everyone who’d been in town a long time, the older, more established families. Not someone who was new to the city and living in tract housing.
    “I’ve been blabbing, haven’t I?” Perhaps Serenity wasn’t the only lonely one this past year. Yet I’d met Julian at Christmastime, so why would I have been lonely enough to spill my heart to a neighbor simply because he liked my horse?
    Gage’s smile widened. “You never blab. Serenity does. She tells all your secrets.”
    “Now I know you’re insane.”
    “Probably. After all, I never planned on getting married, and look at me now.”
    “I really appreciate it.”
    His eyes narrowed again. “Fifty thousand is more than enough thanks.”
    Of course, the money. I should never forget it. “At least tell me where you’re from.”
    “From here. Kingman.”
    That would explain his familiarity with the history of the diner.
    “Another hamburger?” he asked.
    I shook my head. “No, thanks. I’m full.”
    The waitress came to take our money, and Gage said to her, “Hey, we decided to get married. We’re heading to Las Vegas.”
    “Congratulations!” she gushed. “You are like the third couple coming through this week. I’m so happy for you. Let me take your picture. Do you have a camera?”
    Gage handed her my iPhone that was still on the table. He crawled into the seat next to me and put his arm around my shoulders. It was all I could do not to push him away.
    “Smile!” she sang.
    We smiled, my face a bit frozen. I was going to kill him.
    “Now a kiss.”
    “That’s okay,” I said.
    “Come on. It’s for posterity, darling.” Gage leaned over and planted a kiss on my mouth. His hair tickled my nostrils, but he smelled good. Clean. Not at all as I expected. His warm touch sent a shiver through me.
    I pushed him firmly away. “Thanks,” I told the waitress, not meaning it.
    Gage riffled in his wallet and dug out a twenty and five.
    “I can pay my share.” I patted the back pocket of my jeans before remembering I’d stuffed my wallet in the backpack.
    “Don’t worry,” he said. “I’ll put it on your tab.”
    “Thanks.” This was going to be a long day.
    “No problem, darling.”
    When the waitress was gone, I glared at him. “Don’t do that again.”
    “You mean the pictures? I thought they might come in handy. You know, to prove to your family or your lawyer or whatever.”
    “Oh, right.” My grandfather’s trust fund did have an attorney as executor, and I would rather work through him than my parents. I had a feeling that if she could, my mother would find me and force me somehow to marry Julian, even though I was an adult. That was illegal in this day and age, wasn’t it?
    “Come on,” I said, “let’s get this over with.”
    “You do have ID with you, don’t you?”
    “Yes. Do you?”
    “Yep. I also have a friend who works at a hotel in Vegas, and they have a chapel there. I’ll give him a call and see exactly what’s required. Let him know we’re coming.” He took out his cell and pressed a few buttons. “Go ahead and make yourself comfortable on the bike. I’ll be right there.”
    I don’t know how I could be comfortable on a bike that was tilted over on its