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I’ it “Thank you”

The ain Everyone stands Tension seizesso hard I swear it’s going to beat out of my chest

Then Sloan e house as Keeley strikes up the notes of Adele’s “Make You Feel My Love” My bride takes my breath away in a beaded ivory dress with a delicate scooped neck and her hair swept away fros at the flowers tucked into her fiery curls

She Is Beautiful

And she’s almost mine

It’s obvious she’s nervous If her death grip on her bouquet of pink roses and tender white plu definitely is

I send her an encouraging s her to believe that, so out and be happy But the confidence comes from somewhere deeper inside ht I know she’s where I belong I feel it all the way to my bones

Convincing her will be the bigger problem

She’s chosen to walk up the aisle alone, despite the fact Bruce Rawson sits on the bride’s side of the crowd, looking paler than the last ti here?

I turn to Evan, but he ht Not now I need to focus on my bride Her sperm donor of a father isn’t important at the moment

When Sloan reachesHer fingers are cold, despite the temperate day

I give her a squeeze “It’s going to be okay”

Her eyes, which have never looked bluer, skitter up to mine “Is it?”

Then Lono clears his throat, so I nod We’ll table this discussion for later

When the officiant starts the cereet he’s the least foret that he looks like a stereotype His voice… It’s both reverent and reassuring And as I caress the back of Sloan’s hand withher, too