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Aida already looks so annoyed that I don’t think she’s going to answer the question Finally, through stiff lips, she mutters, “Yes”

“Then say your vows,” the priest instructs

I seize Aida’s hands and squeeze the toto acknowledge the pressure on her fingers

“I, Callum, take you, Aida, to be ood times and in bad, in sickness and in health I will love you and honor you all the days of my life”

I spout the words off quickly, having memorized them on the car ride over

Aida looks at ray eyes more serious than usual Then, in a flat tone, she repeats the vow back to me

“I pronounce you man and wife,” the priest says

That’s it We’re married

Aida tilts her lips up for a chaste kiss

To show her who’s boss, I seize her by the shoulders and kiss her roughly, forcing ue taste sweet Tart and fresh Like so time

Strawberries

I can already feelnu out in a whistle

The church whirls around me in a kaleidoscope of color, as I slump to the floor

That fucking BITCH!

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