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

expression softened, though only a little. “Don’t make my house look like one of those cold city homes.”

He smiled. “I wouldn’t dare.”

They started with the roof.

Then the front steps.

Then the kitchen window.

Diego repainted the exterior in a warm cream color Carmen selected herself. He replaced the broken faucet, repaired the porch light, strengthened continue reading …