CHAPTER THIRTY FOUR
Setting a date for the wedding was easy. Neither of them wanted a big wedding, nor did they have family that would care to attend. However, they also did not want to just go to the courthouse and get a license. In the end, they settled on a simple ceremony in a public garden near the National Arboretum. And while the ceremony was still two months away, there was plenty to be encouraged about in the meantime.
First, less than two weeks after Mackenzie had put Kingsville behind her, all charges were dropped against Ellington. It turned out that in the course of acquiring evidence against him, a few scandalous tidbits about his accuser had surfaced. The charges were dropped, there was absolutely no case to be had, and Ellington was reinstated pretty much on the spot.
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