"My granddaughter-in-law?" Grandpa asked, "Is this your girlfriend?"

Daniel smiled and shook his head, saying, "Grandpa, I said she is my wife, not my girlfriend."

"What do you mean?"

Daniel grinned and rubbed the top of Bella's hair with the large hand that held her arm. Looking down at her tenderly, he said, "Grandpa, I got married. We did the marriage registration this morning."

Grandpa wondered if he’d heard him wrong. He repeated, unconvinced, "Daniel, what did you say?"

Daniel laughed and said again, "Grandpa, I said I got married! I got it this morning."

Then he bowed his head and turned to Bella in an indulgent tone. "Come on,...