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“Easy,” I laughed

She wrinkled her nose “Sorry”

“Now that you’ve exchanged rings and said your vows, the love shared between you has been strengthened In accordance with the laws of the state of New York, it is my honor to declare you husband and wife You may now seal your voith a kiss”

I wrappedher in the air so fast, she squealed and squeezed ether

Our friends clapped and whistled Dex thuratulate me or to warn me to cool it I didn’t know or care

Juliet pressed our foreheads together “You’re all mine now, Roman”

“I’ve been yours from the day we met But I’m so happy to be your husband now”

She curled her fingers in ain

The hurricane of life had stolenabout it I’d been tossed around in an ocean of brutality for years My whole life,to someone

And now, Juliet and I had created our own family

Chapter Sixty-Six

Juliet

“That’s everything” Roman plopped a milk crate of tools on top of our already precarious stack of cardboard boxes

The only things that mattered to us fit into fewer boxes than I’d expected I couldn’t stand to sell Mrs Shields’ car yet So we’d rented a garage to store everything while Roer tools and equipiven to our friends

“Excellent” I checked off one more entry on our “to do” list

“I talked to Pip earlier,” Roman said

“Is his new house okay?”

“Yeah He seee Eraser promised to pop by the school and check on him once in a while” He pulled a slip of paper out of his pocket “I have the address and said we’d send postcards”

I plucked the paper from his hand and pulled out my phone to snap a picture “There That on’t lose it”

He curled his arms around my waist “So clever”

“Mr Porter has the keys He said he’d contact us if we need to do anything else for the closing”

“We won’t be far at first Dex hookedthere for a bit”