I made this deal with him when I had been certain I would be dead before all of my grandchildren found love. Zachary was holding out, bless his heart.
"Now." Morty pulled out little glasses that made him dashing. Blast him. "You agreed that when all of your grandchildren were married off, you'd marry me."
"Married and happy. I said they must be married and happy." Which, they were. Curses.
He reached for my hand, and, dammit, the old fool I am, I allowed it.
"If you don't want to marry me, then we won't. But I want that. I want you to be mine. Only mine. For whatever time we have left," he said.
"Okay, fine." Why spend my life alone? “Ve elope tonight."
"You don't believe in eloping," Morty said, bushy eyebrows raised high as the hairline he didn't have anymore.
"I don't believe in a lot of things that I do anyvay," I said. "Rules are like bread. You need to stretch them vhen they need stretching."
"I love you, my Nadzieja," Morty said with his stupid smile I loved so much.
"I know," I said, slyly. "It is mutual."
Tess came closer to us, smelling like fancy hair product. She was scanning the guests like she was looking for someone with a bazooka hidden under their blazer.
"Are you searching for the next disaster?" I asked.
She didn't yet know that I was the next disaster, and the solution. Always both.
"You can speak around Morty." I waved my hand to my fiancé. "He doesn't listen anyvay."
"I was worried our plan wouldn't work out," Tess said, glancing to Zach and Piper canoodling near the dance floor.
"Hold on. Stop." Anna hissed. She was too close; she was onto us.
Did she hear about my vedding? I hope not.
Her eyes sliced toward the bride and groom. "You did this?"
"Of course," I said.
"How much of it?" Anna demanded.
Morty chuckled because he was no fool. I would not marry a fool.
I tilted my head. "Darling, I started it."
"She did," Tess said. "I just helped her out. When you announced you were getting married so quickly and the Stallions wanted to run with the opportunity, Babushka reached out to me."
"Reached out to you?" Anna asked.
"She asked if I'd help find Zach someone to love."
"Aw, you do care." Morty grinned like a lunatic. "I knew you cared for me."
Our gazes locked, promising more than just a marriage. We would be happy, too.
"Perfect place to find love is in vedding," I said.
"Honestly, he and Piper made it easy. First meeting. Bam. The two of them were already hot to trot," Tess said.
Anna's eyes narrowed as she stared at me. "You manipulated this whole thing?"
