A Shocker

Nora looked down at the phone in her hand and then back at Demetri.

"Uh... yes." Nora looked down at the picture again and cleared her throat awkwardly before finding her words," I... didn't know..."

Demetri threw another look at her and she could almost hear him speak," Of course, you wouldn't..."

Since he had given her the look and she had assumed what it meant, Nora looked down at her fingers and asked him directly, the question that had been bothering her," Did you agree to marry me because I look like her?"

This time there was a pause and Nora could only wait in anticipation. Finally, after what felt like an eternity, Demetri gave a single word, "Yes."

She wasn't sure how to process the information; it felt like the ground beneath her had shifted.