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Chapter sixty

The venue is beyond beautiful, set high on the cliffs overlooking the lake and shaded by big old oak trees. Rows of black chairs with Ivory bows fill with faces of family and friends while two hipsters play the harp and flute off to the side entertaining us. The breeze is soft and cool, rustling the leaves above us and making the paper lanterns hung amongst them sway. 
Everything is very romantic, all that's missing is my love.
I'm impatient for my bride and I bounce on my heels and check the time on my fancy Rolex.
Soon, it's almost time.....
If you factor in fashionably late, my woman is nothing if not fashionable so I'm not worried that she is fifteen minutes late.
Nope not at all.
I pop another breath mint in my mouth but I'm too restless to just suck on it and chew nervously.
"Player if you're having second thoughts we can trade places, I'm here for you man" Cole tells me looking me up and down.
"Really? You don't mind? Cause this really hot thing in a really short dress just walked in and fuck you motherfucker I ain't trading a thing with you, it's game over and I win. My trophy will be here any minute" I tell him still bouncing.
"Big man, calm down. I love you man but if you piss your pants I will point and laugh" Coop tells me taking me by the shoulders and keeping me still.
"She's still coming right?" I groan feeling like my heart is going to beat clear out of my chest.
I flick my eyes to my mother sitting in the front row and she winks at me with a smile, all my sisters bar the youngest sit at her side all with smug smiling faces like they never thought they would see the day I settle down.
"Nah man she's not" Coop tells me and I have to consciously unclench my fists "she's here, you ready bro? It's show time" he grins and straightens my tie and slaps my cheeks.
"Fuck yes... how do you know?" I ask looking back at the entrance.
"Because my wife is just over there" Coop points to the crest on the drive and I see the first of the white horse carriages approaching.
"How do you do that? You always know" I swallow hard as the second follows the first and I know Elizabeth is in there, she's not running.
"I don't know man, I can feel her. I can tell she's laughing right now and she has tears in her eyes, her heart beat is going crazy, she's happy" he tells me with a shrug.
"Fuck is that a married thing? I would kill to be able to tell how Beth is feeling" I say not looking away from Beth's carriage.
"I don't think so, it's just us. We have always been close, just keep an open mind, trust your gut when you feel things around Beth you can't explain" he rubs my shoulders and holds me still.

The first carriage opens and the driver holds out his hand, Lilly and Amber emerge and I have to look twice.
Holy shit my baby sister is a fucking adult, when the fuck did she get tits and ass?
I'm not happy about this. Amber looks so much like Beth and so grown up too, Rose steps out in a white dress and I frown. They better not have traded places like Cole wanted to do, I shift on my feet uneasy.
The second carriage opens and Stan jumps out first, holding his hand out and I hold my breath. Izzy steps down and I release my breath, her dress is white too. Are we all supposed to be in white? Did she tell me this and I forgot? Was I not listening when she told me? Am I in so much trouble for fucking this up? I look over my boys in black on black, shit!
My eyes flick back to Izzy and I see her grin, I see the tears Coop said she would have. Stan holds out both arms and hands hold them tight, my Angel.
I groan loud in the quiet and cover my mouth with my hand, holy fuck she is breathtaking. She is unlike any bride I have ever seen and as she finds her footing Iz puffs her dress and the crowd murmurs their approval, damn this woman can shop. How the hell does she even find something like this?
Fucking amazing!
I can't take my eyes off her, I can't breathe, I can't fucking believe how much I love this woman. I can't stand still, I can't move.
"Jesus fucking Christ, way to go brother" Coop whispers beside me and I whimper like a fucking pussy "just breathe, you got this" he continues and bumps his shoulder into mine.

Lilly takes the lead as the music changes and she tosses white rose petals into the black carpet that makes up the isle, Amber follows behind doing the same and I smile at them. Such grown up girls doing the work of five year olds is very cute. Rose is next and she looks shy and almost embarrassed with the attention.
Coop sighs beside me when Izzy takes her turn and she beams her sunshine smile at him, she winks at me looking me up and down and I chuckle. The tiny woman can relax me with just a look and I force out a breath.
Beth is looking at her dad at the end of the isle and her veil covers her face, he is talking quietly to her and she nods before she links her arm with his.
This is it, my beautiful bride.
I bite my lip as they take the first step onto the carpet waiting for her to look at me, I need to see her eyes, she doesn't, she keeps her head down not looking at anything but where she is walking.
I can hear the small giggles from the girls that tell me they have reached us but I can't look to greet them, Angel look at me please.
Iz stands opposite us and Beth stops just a few steps away with her father, he lifts her veil behind her and I see her tiara.
My beautiful queen.
He lifts her face with his finger under her chin and she looks at him, she has tears in her eyes and her lip between her teeth.
"I love you baby girl" he kisses her forehead and she smiles up at him.
"Love you too daddy" she whispers and her voice is strong and clear.