Addicted To You

Epilogue - I Got Love

~~~3 Months Later~~~

I sat at the dressing table and looked at my reflection in the beautifully ornate mirror. For the first time in my life, I fully understood Mom's fascination with butterflies. It was much more than their beauty. It was their journey from something awkward and unattractive to a beautiful creature that glides through the air.

I felt like one of her butterflies. My journey had brought me to the most beautiful thing I could imagine. A forever union with the man of my dreams, and a complete second family. I smiled as I thought about them.

We flew my family in from Atlanta a week ago. They've been staying in a posh hotel, having the vacation of a lifetime. I even invited my father. He brought his girlfriend. I liked her immediately. She seemed to be a good influence on him.

Eric and Rachel were now officially a couple. Uncle Larry also had a date. He had spent a month traveling but got bored and lonely, so he went back to Atlanta. He started hanging around my favorite coffee shop. He and my friend Iseul had struck up a friendship that had blossomed into something beautiful. Andrew and Martha actually seemed to be loosening up and having a good time.

Min's whole family was there as well as all the guys' parents. Min's mother and I had begun to get closer over the past couple of months. She treated me like a member of their family and it made me feel warm inside. I kept my mom close to me by wearing her favorite pearl earrings and necklace as my "something old".

Lucy loaned me a beautiful antique pearl hair clip as my "something borrowed". My "something blue" was my flowers. And my something new? Well, that was something only Minhyuk and I knew about.

We had just found out two days before the ceremony that I was six weeks pregnant. Lucy was the only one who knew because there was no way I could keep that from her. We were going to tell everyone else after the first trimester. We were over the moon about it.

I had stopped taking the pill after we registered our marriage but I really didn't expect it to happen so quickly. When I showed Min the positive test he was even more excited than he had been when I said yes to marrying him. If that was even possible.

My gaze in the mirror fell to the motion behind me as Amber and Alicia twirled in their Hanboks. Lucy stood by and observed as Minhyuk's mother helped them with their sashes. Jinki sat on the dressing table watching me, her blue eyes glittering. I think she was happy too.

An attendant came to tell us it was time for the ladies to take their places. I stood and hugged them as they left the room. Uncle Larry came in just as they all left. He stood in the doorway and smiled at me. He pulled out his phone and snapped a quick photo and then grinned.

We had already done all the formal shots and greeted the families and guests. We received a ton of white envelopes. I had no idea how much money was in them, but it didn't matter. I wasn't in it for that.

He stopped in front of me and I saw tears in his eyes. "Rileigh, you look radiant. I am so happy that you found your love. He is one of the good guys. You chose wisely."

"I am happy for you and Iseul, too. Now you don't have to be alone." I smiled at him.

He took a small box and envelope out of his coat pocket. "I have been saving this for today. I hope this doesn't ruin your makeup, but I am following instructions."

"Okay..." I said as I took the items from him. The envelope was sealed and had yellowed slightly. I turned it over and saw my name in my mother's handwriting. My eyes shot up to him. A tear had fallen from his eye and he wiped it away, recovering with a smile. "What is this?"

"Just open it. Letter first, please."

My hands shook as I carefully pulled the seal open and removed the letter inside. I recognized my mother's beautiful penmanship and ran my fingers across the page as if trying to absorb her essence.