CHAPTER 28

CARMEN

Dave and I glanced at each other, both looking as if we wanted to truly confirm that we had heard the same thing from his father.

“I don’t understand, Dad,” Dave said. “Why would you want to plan for a wedding in a short time with your health like this? You’re only going to add more stress to the one you already have.”

“I don’t have an inch of stress in my body, son,” Steve said. “I realized how unpredictable life is. I could have died, Dave. What if I had not woken up?”

“You can’t say that.” I shook my head at his words. He had woken up, and he was right there – alive.

“Yes, I can, Carmen,” he argued. “We have nobody to tell us when our time will be up, and I don’t want to end up getting to the finish line without seeing my son and my daughter getting married. It just doesn’t right with me to think about it.”

His idea didn’t sit right with me and Dave as well, but I couldn’t say a thing. Steve was not in the best health condition, and I couldn’t fault him for wanting something