His First Love Moved In, So I Moved On

At eighteen, Tyler Delgado was so broke his first love had to split her instant noodles with him, and still he thumped his chest and swore:

"When I've got money someday, you won't even have to marry me. I'll take care of you for life, funeral and all."

Fourteen years later, Clarissa James got fired, dragged two suitcases to my door, and knocked.

"Mr. Delgado, I've come to retire early."

Tyler laughed so hard he had to bend over, and then he actually cleared out the bedroom with the best light in our marital home for her.

She called him Old Tyler. He called her old lady.