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With love and respect He fusses over it a little too hest compliment he can pay me

The church is easily booked on short notice, Brandon’s company built it

And there’s no shortage of guests to fill it either, with his construction crews all getting a paid day off to join in the celebrations

Being up until afterto finish everyone else’s dresses as well as work for clients that I won’t be able to do once we go on our honeyure I’m too tired to be nervous

Too used to Brandon by my side to overthink it But I hardly sleep a wink, and I know Brandon doesn’t either

This is it

Finally,day The most special day of my life so far

No longer just a guest

No longer just a bridesmaid

No longer just a seamstress

I’m about to be , kind, and sweetest man that’s ever lived

And he’s all mine

Mine

All the brides are here, not just returning the favor either We’ve all kept in touch and for the first ti network of friends

Real friends People I can call or who can call irl talk sometimes, or other times we are just there for one another

There’s not a dry eye airls as Mark leads me down the aisle

Brandon towering over everyone, looking like he’s so close even though he’s so far away

But not for long

In a fewbearer for Brandon, while Cynthia holds mine until the time we take our vows

She’s planned it, arranged it, and all at a moment’s notice

And for the one and only ti

I feel like I’ it how much I love Brandon

Telling hi the most solemn oath two people can share

It’s the only ti taken off since the day he slipped it on h to slipit

“Closest to your heart Froh I promised myself I wouldn’t, I start to cry

He’s never been great ords, but everything from his lips today has been pure poetry and I feel it inon every word until we’re finally alone

The “I do” still echoing in my mind, etched in ether

In public anyway

Everything else is a different story