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Chapter XXV
A year later, long after the world had forgotten about Sue Ann Mendel, a car pulled into the parking lot of city hall in a remote Nevada desert town. A man got out, went around and opened the car door for a woman. She was dressed very conservatively in a knee length business suit and jacket, with a wide scarf tied around her neck. The couple went in to the tiny marriage bureau and asked the clerk for a marriage license. The clerk watched as they filled out the forms, noticing how she handed her form to him after she finished and his nod of approval after he read it. James Peters and Susan Mendez were the names the clerk typed on the license. The man picked the papers up, read them over as his bride to be looked on, then asked the clerk where to find the marriage commissioner. The clerk directed him to the Justice of the Peace down the hall and returned to her desk. She was always pleased at seeing a couple so much in love getting married, but thought it strange he didn't at least show his bride the marriage license.
Later that day the secretary for the Justice of the Peace came in and over lunch she told the clerk about how a very nice couple, well-dressed and polite, had gotten married, but just before the civil ceremony the bride had asked the J.P. to include "honor and obey" in the vows. The secretary swore that under the woman's scarf she could see what looked like some kind of metal choker or collar. Even stranger, after the ceremony, as they were leaving the secretary had asked the wife where they planned on going next. She had enigmatically replied "I think he wants us to spend a night in the desert."
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