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

tall man with gray hair who was waving him over with a leather-bound program.

“Wait here,” Taylor said, his voice softening just enough for me to hear over the din of the room. “I will be three minutes.”

He walked toward them, leaving me by the corner of the bar where the light from the hanging lamps was slightly dimmer.

I leaned against continue reading …