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Caleb had also startedsoun the process of getting his GED with the hopes that he could go back to college to study con It wasn’t soht to as a career, but one afternoon when he’d been visiting Aleks at the flower shop with Willa, he’d helped the woone on to ask hies he’d done rateful shop owner or Aleks – it had stirred an interest in hi websites It fed both his creative side and his intellectual side

As Eli’s brother Tristan began playing a sot settled into the pews as the minister took his place at the front of the aisle Dozens and dozens of strings of white lights strung across the ceiling lit up the dim interior of the church When Tristan switched to the typical wedding , everyone shifted in their seats to watch the procession

I feltnext to Brennan Myin his tuxedo, but I also couldn’t wait to get hiot home Caleb flashed ers out I was sitting along the aisle, so I liftedhis and I felt the faht to htness of it all I knew this would be us so like this one so that all the people who’d accepted us so willingly into their family could celebrate with us But the honeymoon? I already knee’d do for that I’d just have to see if Dalton would lend ain

Up next down the aisle were several little girls in dresses throwing flowers all over the place After that came Eli He was flanked by his father, Dom, and his mother I automatically scanned the crowd to see where Willa was and was pleased to see that Aleks had her He was standing near the doorway leading to the back roo Caleb out to Willa and Caleb sent the little girl a discreet wave I had no doubt our daughter recognized him

Warie Moments like these were always bittersweet for me – I knew in my heart that it was best for Willa to see ie would have wanted, but I would’ve gladly played the role of doting uncle for the rest of my life if I’d had any kind of say in it

Mav came next down the aisle His bestclosely behind thebearers

To say they stole the shoas an understatement

Ja one of Matty’s hands In his other hand was the Spiderman doll In Matty’s free hand was a pilloith one of the rings tied to it Right behind Matty was his best friend, Leo Even if I hadn’t reet because he was still wearing the Spidernificance of the outfit was, but I couldn’t help but notice how relieved little Leo’s fathers, ere sitting on the opposite side of the aisle from me, looked as they watched their boyon it in one hand, Baby’s leash in the other

Once the boys reached the front, they handed the pillows to the best men closest to them, then went and found their seats in the front row Mav and Eli couldn’t take their eyes off one another throughout the entire ceremony and both cried at different points as they spoke their vows to one another I feltup by the end, and when the two men were pronounced as husbands and kissed, I joined the rest of the guests as they got to their feet and cheered It took a good thirty uests an, had rented for the occasion I was feeling pretty restless by the time Caleb made his way to me, but when I saw that he had Willa with him, I was able to relax