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"I don’t think Mo the glass of wine he holds out to

"You look beautiful, honey"

"Thanks, Dad," I whisper and then lean against Kai when he pulls me back into his side

"Kai" My dad smiles, shakes Kai’s hand, and then hands hi to need that," my dad tells hi to go find your mom I’ll see you soon," Dad says and walks off into the crowd

I take a sip of wine and look around then up at Kai "It’s going to be a long night"

"Tell me about it," he mumbles as his eyes drop to my breasts

I can’t help the laugh that escapes, and I lean up to kiss his cheek It doesn’t take long after that for everyone to notice that we have arrived, and they begin to coratulations to us It feels like we stand in the sa a rapher over to snap a few pictures of us When I notice a lull in the crowd and see that Kai is caught up talking with a group of people I don’t know, I tell that I’ll be back and make a quick escape to the bathroom Inside the house, there are people everywhere, and there are long lines at both the bathrooms, so I make my way to our bedroom and quickly use the restroolass of wine?" one of the servers asks, stepping in front of lass fro him a quiet thank-you before I take a sip I start back towards Kai then detour when I spot histo the person in front of her before telling her quietly, "Thank you for doing this for us"

She turns to face o soft as she runs her downyou As a mom, you alhat’s best for your kids, and I’ve been worried for a few years that Kai was not going to find solad he found you," she whispers, and I feel tears begin to fillthe drink out of izes

"Thank God I didn’t spill that on your dress" sheit to a passing waiter "You go find your husband while I go and get you another glass of wine"

"Maybe that was a sign that I shouldn’t have any ain

"You remind me so much of her," she says faintly then looks around

I know this isher uncomfortable, but I still have a lot of questions to ask her aboutto go find Kai, but I would like for us to have lunch whena hand on ins to turn

"I would enjoy that We’ll work out the details later Just go enjoy your night"

"Thank you"

She smiles then walks off as a wave of dizziness hits me I brush it off and take a deep breath then head towards Kai

When I reach his side, his eyes cohts his face before he leans down and presses a kiss to ainst ht faint

"What’s wrong?"