On the drive back to Pine Lake from the airport, Claire was very quiet.
"You okay?" Matt asked.
She smiled at him, but the smile didn't quite reach her eyes. "Yes, but it's been an intense couple of days."
"Vegas tends to be that way. And we sure made the most of it."
"You know people are going to talk."
"Really?" His voice rang with sarcasm. He glanced briefly at her, then returned his eyes to the highway. "Sweetheart, the good folks of Pine Lake always talk. They've had plenty to say about me since I moved to town, and Lord knows they've always had plenty to say about you. We should both be used to it. The only thing that's going to change now is that they will talk about us together. And I'm okay with that."
"It might get ugly."
"Not for us." Taking one hand off the steering wheel, he caressed her cheek lightly and said, "Not as long as we're together."
Claire held up the sparkling new wedding rings on her left hand. "I do believe we just made promises to stay together forever."
"You know that's going to be enough to keep tongues wagging for six months. Hey, maybe Genevra Adams will do a feature story on us for 'Pine Heart'. After all, we are probably Pine Lake's one and only couple to be married by an Elvis impersonator."
The idea of Genevra even considering such a story made Claire laugh aloud. She glanced at her new husband and felt a rush of love and contentment that she'd never known before. Matt Wilson had come into her life like the proverbial knight in shining armor. He was right--the gossip was nothing new, and this time she had nothing to hide, nothing to fear.
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