He blinked and turned his head a little to the side toward her, not really looking at her, while still giving her his attention. “I’m sorry, I guess I was thinking about something else. What was that?” he asked in a quiet tone.

She gave him a hopeful smile. “Oh, well, I was just saying that I want you to meet me at the courthouse tomorrow at eleven in the morning so that we can get our marriage license. We’ll get that taken care of so that all of the loose ends are tied up. I’ll take care of the rest of it. I’ll email you the location of the...