How a Five Million Dollar Bet Led to an Unexpected Marriage in Queens

the pills were, but the words would not come through my lips.

“I have you,” Taylor said, his voice losing its formal pitch, sounding thin and frightened. “Stay with me, Maya. Please.”

He lowered me to the carpet, his hand pressing against the side of my neck where my pulse was jumping in wild, uneven skips.

I tried to keep my eyes on continue reading …