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Steve looked down at the marriage papers in his other hand and said, “Thank God the wedding went off without a hitch. Well, Jean, Steve told us to act like we’re married so let’s get us a room.”
Jean only had a blurred memory of getting married after that long run, her thoughts were with Steve and had he got away, and the next thing she knew they were in a bedroom, with both of them staring at the bed like they had never seen one before. Jean looked at Joe and he had a big grin on his face. She was too weary to smile, though, for all through the ceremony she had been half-expecting Emily’s brothers to storm into the church, looking for Steve and ruining everything.
“I guess you’ve got to start calling me, Steve,” Joe said as he folded the marriage certificate and put it in his pocket.
