19Ben made Molly a kir and joined her in the living room. “I do have one question,” he said, handing over the drink. “You remember you agreed to marry me, right?”
“Haha!” said Molly. “Oh wait, that came out wrong. Of course I remember, and I think about it every day with great joy.”
“Well?”
“Is it bothering you that we aren’t making plans? You’re not in any hurry?”
“I’m not in a rush to have the ceremony, Molly. And I know we just talked about this. But something about what happened at the Valettes…I’d like to tell people. Stop keeping the secret.”
Molly sipped her drink. For the first time in her life, everything relationship-wise was going so well that she felt a little superstitious about rocking the boat. “You know, I just realized I’ve been acting just like Frances.”
“That’s a l
