Lost Girl (Moon Girl Book 2) by Al Past

Author:Al Past [Past, Al]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Ashton Publishing Group
Published: 2020-04-30T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 40: United We Stand

Matt was torn: on one hand, he wanted to load Ana in the truck immediately and haul her to the nearest justice of the peace and marry her. On the other, it might be wise to try to think things through a bit first. So he compromised: he discussed it with her. As usual, he was glad he had.

Clearly, it would never do for local records to show that Matías Méndez had married Ana Darcy on such and such a date. Yet it had to be formally recorded; that was part of the reason they were getting married. At the same time, Ana agreed that they should not delay. She didn’t want to risk complications in the form of further messages from their approaching visitors.

They resolved the matter by enlisting the assistance of Hartley Braithwaite. Discreet, knowledgeable, well-connected, and delighted to help his favorite client, he set up a plan which they followed almost exactly, and which resulted in an unforgettable week for the both of them.

They were married on the island of Dominica, a lush, not-too-developed Caribbean nation not far from Barbados. Largely Creole speaking, the islanders saw their share of tourists, and it was not unknown for two of them to marry. Who knew why, or cared?

Once they paid the fees, the ceremony would be performed and the deed recorded by hand in a huge, dusty, cloth-bound ledger which would eventually take its place amid towering stacks of other huge, dusty ledgers in the back room of the main police station in Roseau.

The second part of Braithwaite’s itinerary was his wedding gift to the newlyweds: a honeymoon on the nearby island of Grenada. He had called in a favor from a lawyer friend who lived in the capital, St. George’s, but who spent most of his time in Washington, D. C.. For a modest consideration to cover food, utilities, and service, he secured the use of his friend’s house for a week.

Matt decided he could grow to love the Caribbean. He and Ana had so many questions for the taxi driver as they swayed through the lush jungle from the airport that the man gave them an impromptu tour, showing them cacao beans growing on the tree (cutting one open so they could see the dark meat inside, the first stage of chocolate), groves of nutmeg trees, and several cinnamon trees, whose bark yielded one of Ana’s favorite spices.

It was late afternoon when the driver let them out at their address in St. George. They accepted his offer to return for a tour of the entire island two days later. The house, several streets above Wharf Road overlooking the old harbor, was a comfortable, concrete block building painted a pale pink and set amid the most incredible array of ornamental trees, shrubs, and flowers. A maid in a uniform, no less, met them at the door, showed them to their room, and then brought them glasses of cool fruit punch as they sat on the front gallery to take in the view.

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