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“What do you want to do?” I asked

She gathered up her dress again and turned to me

“I want to marry you,” she said “I just want to do the ceremony and finally be your wife I told you e first talked about the wedding that all the pomp and circumstance doesn’tour family”

“That’s what I want, too,” I told her “So, let’s get this done What else do you have to wear? We’ll do this our way”

A few minutes later, I walked back out of the office into the hallway Cole and Dean both came toward me, concerned looks on their faces I told the started aluests They were all here to see exactly what they were getting: Merry anddown the aisle

For our wedding, the aisle was flower petals sprinkled down the ground to lead toward the pond We wanted to have our cereht there by the water, to commemorate the place where we both knew for the first time ere in love I stood at the end of the aisle with Cole as our officiant and my brothers by my side Olivia, Glenda, and a couple of Merry’s other friends came down the aisle and took their positions before everybody turned to look at the bride

She was gorgeous And IHer ar a bouquet of her favorite sunflowers, she was captivating Her jean shorts and flohite top were an upgrade froown she could have chosen We smiled at each other as Brandon escorted her toward uiding her the rest of the way to stand in front of Cole There in my jeans and white button-doith Rosie ready to carry the rings to us hanging fro was perfect

After the ceremony, everyone rills and srass, and the nearest pavilion had tables laden with salad, corn on the cob, rolls, watermelon, coleslaw, and s and cheese wafers from the box lunch shop Merry loved so much

Away fro meat and the tent set up with a dance floor andin the branches of Merry’s favorite tree A table draped in white fabric and holding a glass vase of sunfloas set beneath it, ready to accept gifts and cards frouests Another table set on the other side of the table had the guest book When Merry picked it out, she told hiuest book on our anniversary and looking through the inscriptions to remember this day

Everybody dove into the food, loading up plates and sitting down in the nearby pavilion I saw my parents already in the tent, the only two people on the dance floor Merry and I would have our own first dance later Right noe all just wanted to relax and enjoy This wedding was everything I could have wanted It was a farateful for o, the company they’d handed over towhat brought Merry into my life

We’d raise our son here He’d learn about the bikes and how to take care of theot older, maybe we’d train him to race Then one day, I’d turn the company over to him

A few hours into the party when the guests were distracted with drinking, dancing, and eating their way through the ht her out to the pond I wanted a few ht her over to the bench and sat I kissed her there, in the spot where we conceived our baby, and cuddled her againstas I listened to Bud and Rosie play and our family celebrate

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