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“What?”

“His naround out “Not Gerry, or Gerry Berry, or Gerry the guy who-matches-his-boxers-to-his-dress-shirt” She nailed her sister with ‘the’ look “It’s Gerald”

“If Gerald is the one to make you happy then I support you 100 percent”

A bittersweet sed at Bobbi’s , hot breath “You’ve got dad?” His memory had been better as of late and his bad days fewer than a o Dementia or Alzheimer’s or whatever the hell you wanted to call it, seemed to have paused in its assault on Travis Barker

Billie nodded “Yeah, he’s having a good day He’ll be waiting at the church Logan has him”

“Okay,” Bobbi said brightly, that fake smile she had tucked into her back pocket, secure and in place “I’ll see you at St Paul’s”

Billie nodded andbefore she opened it “It’s never too late to change your mind”

And then she was gone

Bobbi stared at the door for so long that her vision began to blur and when she finally pulled herself together, it was time to leave

With oneand headed downstairs, where she paused in the foyer and glanced outside It was February 14th, Valentine’s Day, which she supposed was totally cliché, but when Gerald had suggested a fast engageinal date up to February from May because deep down, she was afraid she wouldn’t be able to go through with it

For a second she stared at her hands, at her shaking fingers, and felt the panic butterflies begin to take flight in her stoh with this She had to

It was all part of her plan A plan that had seeher had walked back into her life Though technically he wasn’t in her life, he was es of it, but still…

“Oh honey, you look so grown up it breaks my heart”

Bobbi glanced down the hall and sramps Herschel Barker was dressed to the nines in a white tuxedo, his hair all slicked back and dapper, and he had grabbed his black walking stick He would say it was for looks only but she knew that his right knee was killing hiood for his arthritis

When he scooped her into his arhtly, she let his warmth and love envelop her body And when she withdrew, his strength fueled her enough that it was easy to sood and wonderful and everything that a wedding day should be