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Of course we got the it to the wedding?

No, it’s already been sent I always send the sure her gifts are wrangled during her wedding

So if so it?

Fro it People always do; I just like to take care of it ahead of ti?

Text fro it with you

Cool See you there

Text fro ift?

No reason

Seriously, what’s up?

Neil wanted to know if he should bring his gift with him or not, that’s all

Tell hio

Did I tell you how pretty you look in your bridesmaid dress?

You haven’t even seen er

Text fro today, right?

Ah Still not talking to me, I see

So anyway, I just wanted to tell you that I’ll be glad to see you I think it’s ti up every tiet into that today I’ll just be glad to see you; I’d like a chance to explain

Sophia?

Soph?

Eat ian Church in Pacific Heights was full to bursting with shades of oldfish Crinolines crackled and swished, nervous giggles spilled froht and tall

A bride stepped forward to take his arathered before her, their hands full of peaches-and-crea and not at all bashful Draped in ivory silk and century-old Italian lace, the solitary spot of color was a four-karat canary diaer of her left hand

The oaken doors opened

Her eyes danced

As a string quartet played, her brideslided down the aisle, one after another The church was full, but not overly so The s made of ancient wood accented by the thousands of softly lit cream-colored candles In the hearth, uncommon in , a fire crackled ht

Guests sloith quiet expectation, turned toward the center aisle And as I walked down that very aisle before the bride, I saw Benja

And next to him? My own piece of heaven I smiled when I saw him, resplendent in a tuxedo that was cut to accentuate his tall and strong fraht, his face extraordinary His grin burst across his face as I neared him He winked, and I swooned

As didmy place in line, I watched as Jillian’sas the bride was about to appear I turned to see not Jillian, but Benjaroom when his bride appears for the first tiic is wherever that grooht up, to see the ehts to retain control of his feelings, as all men are supposed to do in that situation But those first few seconds, you see the truth You can see everything he feels when he sees her that first time

I didn’t need to actually observe Jillian turn that corner to knohen she had entered that chapel Because I saw it all on Benja

Relief

Need

Pure, nad joy

Tears sprang to rin take over aze swept across to where Jillian alking toward us, I caught Simon’s eye

And I’ll be damned if there wasn’t a tear in his eye too

• • •

The cereed, tears were shed by most, and under a shower of petals, the needs exited the church into a perfect autu those petals? Mimi and Ryan, of course, Sophia and Barry Derry (as ad a date after all

Soh she pretended not to notice hi party law to accompany Jillian everywhere she went (and yes, this included the ladies’ rooed to sneak in a little tiant but very necessary party bus

Simon and I were separated by our "bridal order," since the best raphed officially with the rapher was done I was able to sneak a kiss or two

"I knew you’d look pretty in your bridesmaid dress" He spunwhen he saw it flare up and reveal a little extra leg

"You cleaned up very nicely yourself," I answered, taking a er in a tux

"So nohat happens?"

"Noe get on the bus and drink cha party, take pictures over at Baker Beach with the bridge in the background, then off to the reception Where you can get me drunk, if you like"

"I like I also liked that ceremony back there They see up into those sapphire eyes, which looked over ?"

"Nothing Maybe nothing" He gri with Mi toward them