"If that truly comes to pass, the Quinn Family will formally welcome you into the family with a proper wedding..." Jason Quinn pledged.
Stella Lockwood nodded. "Alright. Within one year, I will find Clarence Vaughn. If I fail to do so after a year, I will divorce Sean Quinn, and I won't ask for a single copper coin from you... I, Stella Lockwood, am willing to draw up a written agreement with the elders today..."
Sean Quinn didn't like the sound of that last part at all. He whipped his head around, about to say, 'I don't agree to this wager,' but she stopped him. "Trust me," she said. "I will absolutely marry into your family in grand style..."
Sean Quinn shut his mouth. 'He had a year, anyway. In that year, they would do everything in their power to find Clarence Vaughn. Or, he could get her pregnant. Then, even if the old man wanted to kick her out, his grandmother would surely help them.'
