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

pausing to let the question hang between us. “A reporter from the local paper called my aunt’s house in Astoria yesterday morning. They knew we got married in Queens.”

Taylor set his fork down, the silver making a sharp click against the fine china. “What did she tell them?”

“Nothing,” I said. “She hung up. But they already had the date of our registry continue reading …