CHAPTER 9
MARY
It turned out that Hector agreeing to marry her didn’t automatically mean everything was settled between them. There was no sunset to drive into together. No sappy Hollywood moment, in which he suddenly discovered that his love for her had been there all along.
Instead, she suspected Hector was avoiding her. At first, she thought he was just busy, but it had been two days since he’d asked her to marry him—kind of—and she hadn’t heard from him since. Reason enough for a pit in her stomach to form. If he had changed his mind, she’d rather have him tell her now than being left at the altar. Of course, technically there would be no altar to be left at, but him not showing up at the courthouse would have the same painful result.
She had spoken to Zoe on the phone this morning
