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

she was listening from the kitchen window. Lucia held a cup of cinnamon coffee and gazed toward the field beyond the fence.

“I called the church,” Diego said. “I asked what we’d need to do if we postponed.”

Lucia turned toward him.

“I’m not canceling because I don’t love you,” he said quickly. “I’m saying I don’t want you to marry me in seven days just continue reading …