Chapter 55
“If we get married, you will be responsible for this mess and my debt. If something happens to me on the job, you’ll inherit the creditors, and the headache, and it’ll take what’s left of your savings. Even my life insurance—”
“I don’t care about that, Daniel.”
“Well, you should.”
“Fine, we don’t get married right now. We wait until you’re out of debt. And then something else will come up, and we’ll just keep waiting.” Carol shook her head. “I’m not even sure why it matters. We don’t need a wedding to validate our relationship. If we were interested in doing that, we would have gone through with it when Rebecca was still a child.”
“I don’t think you understand what I’m telling you.”