HE TOOK HIS FIANCÉE TO HIS POOR HOMETOWN TO TEST HER—BUT THE PAPER SHE HANDED HIM LEFT HIM TOO ASHAMED TO MEET HER EYES

Lucia reached into her jacket pocket and handed him a folded sheet of paper.

“Read this, Diego.”

Confused, he took it.

The page contained a neat handwritten list.

At the top were the words:

Things Mama Carmen May Need After the Wedding

Diego stared at the heading.

Below it were several carefully written notes in Lucia’s tidy handwriting.

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