The Late Winds of Love
In my fifth year of teaching at a rural school in Mount Dalon, Melissa Snow shows up with her first love by her side.
"Have you had enough of this miserable life? Go apologize, and after I'm married, I might still support you. Otherwise, stay here and rot as a lonely, broke schoolteacher."
People around us begin to whisper, acting like I've been handed my golden ticket out of the impoverished area and should be falling to my knees in gratitude.
I simply smile. "Teaching here suits me just fine. Besides, I'm married."