“You aren’t married, are you?” I suddenly blurted out, knowing the moment the words left my mouth how strange they must have sounded. We’d been together for nearly two hours; one would have thought I’d have covered this little detail much sooner, but I hadn’t. Since it continued to pester my mind, I finally had to spit it out. If I was going to let myself get involved with Lawton, I needed this one thing cleared up now.
“Married? Me?” he looked incredulous. “Hell no!” He answered so defiantly that it took me aback.
“What, like marriage is a plague?”
“Not in the slightest. I’ve just never found a woman who suited me. Including the one I married.”
“You were married?”
“Once. Lasted seven years and we fought all the way to divorce court. I’m not sure if she’s ever stopped being a b***h, b
