At 73, I Married My Dying High School Sweetheart as His Final Wish—After the Funeral, His Lawyer Knocked on My Door and Said, “You Walked Right Into His Trap”
It sounds sinister.
That is why Thomas loved it.
He knew dramatic language made me impatient.
The truth was much less theatrical.
Thomas did not trap me into marriage.
He did not hide legal documents inside a bedside ceremony.
He did not trick me into signing away control of my finances.
If he had tried, I would not call that romance.