“This old house is so charming,” Vanessa said.

“But keeping it up must wear you out.”

“I get along just fine,” I said.

“Ethan worries about you living way out here by yourself,” she said.

“He and I were talking about the future yesterday.

About where we want to settle down for good after the wedding.”

I took two teacups down from the upper cabinet and set them on the counter.

“Nashville has so many wonderful neighborhoods,” I said.