Chapter 22

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Picture at the top is Alma's wedding dress.

The following day when Serenity woke up, she went back into the attic and looked to see if her dad had anything she could use for the boys. She saw them all as family and wanted to show the boys that. While she was looking, everyone else was eating their breakfast. Serenity found some stones in blue, orange, red, white, black, and grey. She grabbed them, went into the lounge room, and made the stones into necklaces for the boys. She gave Hugh the white stone, Horace the orange stone, Millard the red stone, Jake the blue stone, Enoch the grey stone, and Abe the black stone. When she finished, she gave them to all the boys, and they put them on.

After a week, the ship finally came to the Island, and Serenity and the others were there to collect the items. The captain's crew carried boxes down and put them on the dock. When everything was off the ship, the ship then headed back out to sea and forgot they even went to the Island and headed away. Everyone carried boxes each and put everything in the shops then they went back home. That afternoon Alma and Serenity went walking to the beach for some alone time, and Alma went down on her knee and grabbed Serenity's hand and held out her mother's engagement ring.

"Serenity, I know we haven't known each other long, but I want to spend the rest of my life with you. Will you marry me?" Alma said, looking up at Serenity. Serenity started crying.

"Yes, I will marry you." Serenity said while Alma put the ring on Serenity's finger then they shared a kiss. Alma and Serenity walked back to the house, holding hands. They couldn't wait to tell everyone the news. When they got back to the house, they showed everyone the ring on Serenity's finger, and they all cheered. Abe and Jake decided that Abe would marry Serenity and Alma. He already had documents to marry them. Jake would give Serenity away.

After a few days, Alma and Serenity decided they wanted to get married on the beach. So they decided to have Emma, Olive, Bronwyn, and Fiona as their bridesmaids and Claire as their flower girl. So they grabbed flowers from the garden and made them into bouquets, while they grabbed some flowers and took some petals off them and handed them to Claire. Miss Avocet wore a lovely blue dress, and the other boys just stood around wearing suits as they watched Alma and Serenity get married.

 Miss Avocet wore a lovely blue dress, and the other boys just stood around wearing suits as they watched Alma and Serenity get married

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Serenity wore her mother's wedding dress but shortened the sleeves a bit, and Alma wore her dress from Cairnholm Wales. Claire walked down onto the beach dropping flowers, and then Emma, Olive, Fiona, and Bronwyn followed after her. Jake led Serenity down onto the beach and then over to Alma. Abe started the ceremony.

"Do you Alma take this woman to be your lawfully wedded wife, to live together in matrimony, to love her, comfort her, honor and keep her, in sickness and in health, in sorrow and in joy, to have and to hold, from this day forward, as long as you both shall live?" Abe said.

"I do." Alma said.

"Do you Serenity take this woman to be your lawfully wedded wife, to live together in matrimony, to love her, comfort her, honor and keep her, in sickness and in health, in sorrow and in joy, to have and to hold, from this day forward, as long as you both shall live?" Abe said.

"I do." Serenity said.

"Serenity, I promise to cherish you always, to honor and sustain you, in sickness and in health, in poverty and in wealth, and to be true to you in all things until death alone shall part us." Alma said, looking at Serenity.

"Alma, I promise to cherish you always, to honor and sustain you, in sickness and in health, in poverty and in wealth, and to be true to you in all things until death alone shall part us." Serenity said, looking at Alma.

"Alma, as you place this ring on Serenity's finger, please repeat after me. With this ring, I thee wed and pledge you, my love, now and forever." Abe said.

"With this ring, I, Alma, take you, Serenity, to be no other than yourself. Loving what I know of you and trusting what I do not yet know, I will respect your integrity and have faith in your abiding love for me, through all our years, and in all that life may bring us." Alma said, looking at Serenity.

"With this ring, I, Serenity, take you, Alma, to be no other than yourself. Loving what I know of you and trusting what I do not yet know, I will respect your integrity and have faith in your abiding love for me, through all our years, and in all that life may bring us." Serenity said, looking at Alma.

"By the power vested in me, I now pronounce you wife and wife you may now kiss the bride." Abe said. Serenity and Alma leaned in and kissed. The crowd cheered and hollered at the newlywed couple.

Everyone then went to the reception to dance, ate some great food, and chatted away with family.

"Family, thank you all for coming today to share in this wonderful occasion. Today we are here together to unite Alma and Serenity in marriage." Abe said.

The night ended with Alma and Serenity going to a shop and getting camping gear. They then went to the forest and had a honeymoon camping under the stars.

The end.

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