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“What’s got you so deep in thought?” His mother sat in her favorite chair and placed her cup of coffee on the table next to it. “A few more days and the cast comes off.”

“And then the fun begins,” he muttered. “Physical therapy.”

She shrugged. “I’m sure you’ll survive.”

“There’s so much to do at the ranch. I have to see about buying a new truck and also Mimi’s pressuring me to set a new wedding date.”

A frown marred his mother’s face. “It made sense to postpone the wedding. You didn’t feel up to wobbling up on crutches and I don’t blame you.”

“Yeah, I know, I understand why she’s upset.”

“Then tell her a month from now. You should be up to walking without aid, at least down the aisle.”

Tobias shook his head. “We’re not having a church wedding, Mom, I told you. We’re going to Vegas.”

“Oh, that’s right. A tacky wedding.”

He’d given up defending the choice to marry in Las Vegas. It was what Mimi wanted. He didn’t care one way or the other. It was just a technicality in his opinion.

“What exactly do you plan to do once you get the cast off? You won’t be able to do much at the ranch.”

Thankfully Ernest and Henry were at his ranch helping out. So far, Ernst and Luke hadn’t butted heads too much.

His cousin and his husband were troopers; Tobias was amazed at how supportive his family was through all of what had happened to him. “I’ll ask Ernest and Henry to stay for a bit longer. Henry is really getting into the whole being a cowboy thing.”

“You’re fiancée hasn’t been much help. I hope she makes a better wife than girlfriend,” his mother muttered, getting up to answer her cell phone.

Tobias stared up at the ceiling. Maybe it wasn’t worth it to bring Mimi into his “united” family. None of them agreed with this marriage. They would make her uncomfortable and that wasn’t fair to her.

No, he’d made a commitment. He’d follow through and they’d live in Billings. That would be the only way to ensure this marriage worked.

He lifted his cell and dialed Mimi. “Hey. Let’s do it in two weeks after I get my cast off. I get my cast off on Tuesday. We can go the following Monday.”

Tobias listened to her counting off things she would pack and what she wanted to do after.

Finally noting his silence, she asked if he was sure.

“Yeah, I’m sure.”