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He would get a body

But first, I would get this…I looked out to the crowd, finding my sisters…and my mother, as well as ri, confused, but at least aze landed on Ethan, aiting under the canopy of roses, a reen eyes were the h Before I unleashed chaos, I just wanted to have this moment, this simple moment where he and I were perfect…and I could say he was mine

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“If the house of the world is dark,

Love will find a way to create s”

~Rumi

ETHAN

How many people were here?

Two hundred? Three hundred? A thousand?

I didn’t know

I didn’t care

Because I didn’t notice anyone else but Calliope and our daughter in front of her as she threw roses into the air, which fell back down on top of her to her own amusement She was cute and innocent While herelse Calliope really looked like theon canvas It did not look like she alking but floating, slowly drifting to me The only problem was ho it all went All I could do was stand there and try not to make a fool of myself

“If you need a napkin for any tears, let nored him “Or holy water and an escape hatch,” he added, but still, I ignored hi forward and to reach her

She took my hand with a smile that actually leftwaro

I felt as though I could watch her walk for hours, if not forever Without even realizing it, I had reached for her when she was close enough to rinned wider