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Chapter Nineteen

“It’s been six week s Mom, you gotta get over it.”
My mother sighs int o the pho ne. “You’re my onl y daught er. I can’t
hel p it if I’ve been drea ming about your wed ding your who le life. ”
She still ha sn’t forgiven me, even tho ugh she was there. We called

her right bef ore Allysa booked our flight s. We forced her out of bed ,
we forced R yle’s parent s out of bed , and then we forced them all on a
midni ght flight to Veg as. She didn’t try to talk me out of it bec ause
I’m sure she could tel l tha t R yle and I ha d made up our mind s by the
time she made it to the airport. But she ha sn’t let me forget it. She’s

been drea ming of a hu ge wed ding and dres s sho pping and cake
tasting sinc e the day I was born.
I kick my feet up on the couch. “How about I make it up to you?” I
say to her. “Wha t if, whenev er we dec ide to ha ve a baby, I promise to
do it the na tural way and no t buy one in Veg as?”
My mom laughs . Then she sighs . “As long as you give me
grand chi ldren somed ay, I guess I can get over it.”

R yle and I talked about kids on the flight to Veg as. I want ed to
make sure tha t possibility was open for discussion in our future bef ore
I made a commitment to spen d the res t of my life with hi m. He said it
was defi ni tel y open for discussion. Then we clea red the air about a lot
of other thi ng s tha t might cause problem s down the road. I told hi m I
want ed sep arate chec king account s, but sinc e he makes more money

tha n me, he has to buy me lots of pres ent s all the time to keep me
ha ppy. He agreed . He made me promise hi m I’d nev er bec ome veg an.
Tha t was a simple promise. I love chees e too much. I told him we ha d
to start some kind of cha rity, or at lea st dona te to the ones Marsha ll
and Allysa like. He said he alrea dy does , and tha t made me want to
marr y hi m ev en sooner. He made me promise to vote. He said I was
allowed to vote Dem ocratic, Rep ublican, or Ind ep end ent , as long as I

made sure to vote. We sho ok on it.