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Then the stupid doors slide together and the aura of hospital infects everything

"Thanks, Liaers brush et back to the city"

"Stay"

"I—"

"For the wedding"

"It's still happening?"

I nod "Here, at the chapel, instead of on the beach"

"Lee agreed to that?"

"Seemed happy to step up, actually"

"She really does love him"

"Yeah, she does And she still wears the dress"

"It's a nice dress"

"Intimate this way," I say "Friends and family only"

"I'm not family"

"You're always family"

She holds round, hides behind her takeout cup

"Same time No dress code"

"I can't wear jeans to a wedding"

She can, but she won't I know her that well "Opal's at the house She'll be glad to see you and I won't…" I don't knohat to call it "I'll be here for a while"

"Thanks, Liaoodbye, then she offers her hand

"If you think I' mind"

"I am?"

"Yeah I don't kno I'oing to figure it out And I' to do it"

"You didn't break anything"

"Are you co in the supply closet?"

"That's not sexy"

"Then I did"

"It's not like that It's… I just… I want all of you The secrets, the pain, the burdens I can't settle for anything less"

Then she turns and leaves

Like it's that fucking obvious she doesn't have all of me

Like it's that fucking obvious she'll never have all of me

For a few hours, I join the socializing in Preston's hospital room We talk around the elephant in the room for a while

Eventually, he tires of the eggshells, insists e it to hih Harrison is sitting right there, aardly discussing delaying the honeymoon

Siet ready We stay with Preston for a while

Then Simon takes his turn and I head to the mansion