“Oh, I do love a happily ever after.” Everett sighs contentedly. “I suppose you could say that without me, you two never would have wound up together at all. Hmm, it’s almost as if I did you a favor by lying . . . Almost like I left you off better than I found you . . . Something out of your own playbook, really. Which means you can’t be too mad at me, Gretch, right? Right?”
