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

long she had been standing there.

Their eyes locked.

For the first time since the letter, she offered a faint smile.

Not forgiveness.

Not yet.

But perhaps a door that had not completely shut.

Later that morning, Diego made a choice.

He called his best man, Aaron, and told him the wedding might have to be delayed.

Aaron laughed. “Cold feet?”

“No,” Diego replied.continue reading …