article_snippet.sent: No, you don't, Katie wrote back, and told Dalton a bit about Dalton.
article_snippet.sent: But for Katie and DaltonDalton, that was complicated -- and dangerous.
article_snippet.sent: Katie asked Dalton to come visit Dalton in Flemingsburg, Kentucky.
article_snippet.sent: I told Dalton I'd rather be happy -- like really, really happy -- for five years of my life and die sooner than be mediocre happy and live for twenty years,Katie Katie says.
article_snippet.sent: So on August 28, 2009, Dalton drove more than six hours from St. Charles, Missouri, to Katie's hometown in Flemingsburg, Kentucky, where they'd arranged to meet at the Dairy Queen.
article_snippet.sent: At 7:10 pm -- they remember the time precisely -- Katie got out of Katie car and saw Dalton leaning against a brick wall looking cool and handsome in Dalton sunglasses.
article_snippet.sent: Katie took Dalton and Dalton mother, Renee, who'd made the trip with Dalton, to have dinner with Katie and Katie parents, Debbie and John Donovan.
article_snippet.sent: Too ill to work, Dalton quit Dalton job at Dalton family's auto repair shop, and Katie quit hers as a store clerk.
article_snippet.sent: I was so happy for Dalton," Katie says.
article_snippet.sent: Katie and Dalton, now 24 and 23, were desperate.
article_snippet.sent: Going on Katie husband's private insurance wasn't an option, since Dalton is on Dalton father's policy.
article_snippet.sent: Katie and Dalton were glad to hear it.
highlights_snippet.sent: Two years later, Katie and Dalton were married .
  