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helped
Tanya to a park bench near where they were standing.
    After a few moments, Tanya asked, “Don’t we
need blood tests to get a license?”
    Ryce chuckled. “We got the tests a month ago,
and I had the results sent to O2.”
    Tanya briefly had a puzzled look on her face.
“So you didn’t come into contact with some hazardous substance at
the cabin?”
    Ryce shook his head ’no’ and then smiled. “I
had to get the test done without you knowing about it.”
    Marge chuckled and then looked over at John.
“I think I am going to like this pair. Can we keep them?”
    Tanya wrapped her arms around Ryce. “But you
didn’t know we were coming to Idaho until Saturday, only two days
ago.”
    Ryce smiled. “This was going to happen right
here somehow. This has been in preparation for three months. We
just did not know when or how I was going to get you here without
you knowing about it. Marge came up with the idea about getting you
sort of arrested. O2 had the internal camera turned on, so we could
watch. There were a couple times you looked really pathetic.”
    John looked over at The Hitching Post.
“Speaking of when, this place closed three hours ago, but agreed to
marry you two when we got you here. We got you here. Let’s not keep
the crew up later than needed.”
    As they walked up the sidewalk, Tanya looked
over at Ryce. “How the hell did you pull this off?”
    Marge started laughing. “When we heard that
the Army Ranger who kept O2’s butt out of trouble wanted to get
married, the sky was the limit. Ramona was especially thrilled. It
was her husband Ryce kept safe.”
    With O2 as the best man and John as the
father of the bride, it took only a few minutes before Ryce and
Tanya were man and wife. John pulled several bags of birdseed out
of his pockets and passed them around. Before John would allow them
into the Hummer, Ryce and Tanya were carefully brushed.
    As soon as everyone was seated in the Hummer,
John looked around. “We have reservations for a celebratory dinner.
After dinner, everyone goes back to the motel, and then we will
drive to Pendergast City in the morning. Tanya and Ryce can ride in
this Hummer to Pendergast City, or drive Ryce’s Dakota. We can
provide a driver for your Dakota if you want to take it easy.”
    Tanya almost crumpled to the sidewalk when
she exited the Hummer at the motel. Marge and Ramona assisted her
to the door to the room, hugged her, and returned to the Hummer.
Ryce opened the door, picked up his new wife, carried her into the
room, and placed her gently on the bed.
    “Well, I think that went over nicely.”
    Tanya grimaced. “I didn’t know where you
were, I didn’t know where I was going, and no one was talking to
me. If I had gotten my hands on my Glock, there might have been
some dead people.”
    Ryce began laughing so hard, he sat down at
the table. As soon as he caught his breath, he reached into his
pocket, and pulled out a handful of cartridges.
    “Your Glock has not been loaded since the
restaurant in Bozeman. When you went back in to use the lady’s
room, you left your handbag in the Dakota.”
    Tanya pulled Ryce onto the bed. “I know this
didn’t come together over night. And, even though you frightened
the hell out of me, I love you for what you did. And, I love all
the crazies you brought in on your plan. Thank you for making me
Mrs. Dalton.”
    After checking out of the motel, Ryce and
Tanya started the remaining leg of the trip to the Ranch, which was
only three hours away. Tanya snuggled for about thirty minutes,
found the travel pillow she had brought for sleeping, and then
adjusted her seat back. As she drifted off to sleep, she softly
told Ryce that he was in substantial trouble when she figured out
what she was going to do. Or, as he well knew, pay backs are real
bitches.
    The caravan reached the Ranch before lunch.
John sent Ryce a text message to follow him to the Marina Apartment
complex. A furnished apartment had been made available