Fourteen
I spotted the precinct as we whizzed past, leaving it far behind. We trailed the green line of the transit system moving north of the city, finally pulling into a courthouse I hadn’t been to before.
“Jacquie, can you please tell me what’s going on?”
“You’ll find out soon enough.” Jacquie said.
I had no choice, but to follow as she marched across the street. When we reached the front steps, I moved to bar her path forward.
“Can you please tell me what the hell is going on?” I repeated when she offered no other explanation.
“You’re the one who insisted on getting married today,” she replied as if that should give me all the answers I needed.
“Yeah, at City Hall.” I gestured back the way we’d come. “Not here.”
She gripped me by the shoulders and spun me around, giving me a sh
