I married my dy:ing high school sweetheart at 73 because it was his last wish — after his funeral, his lawyer knocked on my door and said, “YOU WALKED RIGHT INTO HIS TRAP.”

At 73, I never expected to become a bride again.
Thomas was my first love when we were seventeen. But I was leaving for college in another city, while he wanted to stay because his father’s business was here. He begged me to stay with him, but I refused. He told me I’d broken his heart.
From that moment on, we never saw each other again.
A few months ago, I decided to move back to my hometown. To be honest, my pension wasn’t enough to live on, so I