Fast Women (48 page)

He sat there in the sunlight, the devil made flesh, tempting her into an eternity of heat and light. Marriage is a gamble and a snare and an invitation to pain, she thought. It's compromise and sacrifice, and I'll be stuck forever with this man and his damn ugly window.

Gabe smiled at her and made her heart clutch. "Chicken."

"Not me," Nell said. "I'm getting married."

6/14/2008