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Diesel’s Little Surprise
Instead of driving to the art studio, I hoofed it. It was only a ten-minute walk, and despite the chilly temperatures, the bright, blue sky was too beautiful to miss.
I’d been tempted to quit the job. After all, if things went according to plan I’d have a healthy income. But, I suspected Santiago hadn’t thought everything through. What if the authorities didn’t believe we were actually a love match?
After agreeing to marry him, I went home and did some research. It was a felony to marry someone just so they could stay in the United States, and even though I wanted, no, needed the cash, the thought of spending time in prison chilled me to the bone.
“If I’d saved even a tiny amount of the money I'd made over the last decade, I would’ve turned Santiago down
