9. Kailee
Chapter nine
Kailee
I yawned as the sunlight appeared in the clearing.
It looked lovely, and so different from the night of the bachelorette party.
I was wearing a sweater and dress pants with my boots. The men had run me to my apartment the day before and told me to pack for a stay. I’d check in with the hospital today and hopefully get my stitches out.
Kenny had been texting me, too. He had his first assessment with Ellen later today.
But first, I was doing a private wedding for my friend and her fiancé.
“We want something private, that’s just for us,” she’d told me when I called to agree to her plan.
Creed had brought them up in the ATV from the public lot, after first ferrying Davin and I here.
I’d purchased a bouquet of daisies for my friend. Her favorite flower.
As she and Edgar stepped off the ATV, I couldn’t help but smile.
She was wearing a soft pink sweater and white pants with pink boots.
Edgar had a green sweater and black pants.
“It’s what we wore on our first date,” she said.
I remembered after she’d almost given up on a dating app. I’d convinced her to try Edgar, as I’d liked the look of his picture and his friendly comments on his profile.
They held hands and moved in front of me.
“You, Davin, and Creed can sign the license,” she said.
“Won’t your family know you’ve already married then?” I wondered how they would pretend they didn’t need a licence.
She shrugged. “The priest at the church said it could be between us.”
“Then let’s get you married,” I said.
I felt tears, and swallowed them away, before stepping in front of my friends and my wonderful boyfriends to conduct the ceremony.
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“So while Tina said she wanted to get married in a hot-air balloon when we were in middle school, I’m glad she met someone who makes her dreams a reality on the ground,” I said, concluding the ceremony.
“You are now married.”
I took several pictures, and then Creed took some of me with the happy couple, before we all enjoyed a champagne toast.
After Creed took them back to their car, then returned, he and Davin each took one of my hands.
“It was beautiful, wasn’t it?” I asked them. “I didn’t expect to get so emotional.”Davin kissed my cheek. “It’s where we met. Someday we will have our wedding here, too.”
Creed kissed my hand, and I hoped it would come true.