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

newly repaired home.

At first, Carmen objected.

“My yard? Are you crazy? Where will people sit?”

Diego smiled. “In chairs, Mama.”

“What if it rains?”

“We’ll rent tents.”

“What if people think it’s too simple?”

Lucia gently took Carmen’s hand. “Then they can eat cake simply.”

Carmen laughed so hard she had to sit down.

A week before the wedding, Diego found continue reading …