Tragic Magic

Chapter Fifty Two

"I present to you, Mr. and Mrs. Radke," the priest announces as Ronnie runs down the isle with me in his arms. 

"Where are we going?" I ask.

"I'm not sure, but we are going," he laughs.

We stop at the end of the isle and blow kisses to the thousand people watching our train wreck of a wedding. TJ's family stayed for whatever reason I'm not sure of, but I don't mind, they love me.

"Holy shit," Gerard comes up and hugs us both.

"Gerard!" I embrace him, "I've missed you!"

"I know, it's been too long," he kisses my cheek. 

"Hey, I want a kiss too," Ronnie bear hugs Gerard. 

I find myself wandering off while they're talking. I was happy to greet everyone and say, "thank you for coming even though it was a mess," but I was then approached by a situation I completely forgot about.

A little girl in red boots and a white dress with light brown hair approached me in tears. "Have you seen my mom?" She asks me.

"No baby," I crouch down to get closer to the girl, "what does she look like?"

"She's pretty like you," she says, touching my face. 

"We'll find her," I tell the little girl, "is there anyone else here you know?"

"My daddy," she says.

"Okay, where is he?" I ask her.

"With the bride," she tells me, playing with my necklace. 

I felt my face turn pale. Is this his daughter?

"Is your name Willow?" I ask.

"Yes, who are you?"

"I'm Juliet," I introduce myself. "Want to see dad?" 

"Yes, please," she says taking my hand.

"Lose something?" I say, approaching Ronnie with Willow by my side.

"Willow? What are you doing here?" Ronnie immediately picks her up and carries her on his shoulder.

"Mommy brought me." 

I completely forgot about that part of his life. Maybe this wasn't such a great idea. 

"Where is she?" Ronnie asks his daughter.

"I don't know, but I found a new mommy," she says reaching out for me.

"I see you two met," Ronnie says.

"Yeah," I give him a look.

Ronnie leans over and talks to Gerard for a little bit before handing Willow over to him.

"Come here," he says, pulling me to him.

"Why didn't you tell me your daughter and baby momma were here?" I ask him.

"Because I didn't know they were here," he explains, pulling me closer.

"I'm mad at you, stop it," I say, resisting his charm.

"Shut up, you love me," he wraps his arms around me and clings to me.

"True, but seriously, why would they be here?" 

"Don't worry about it, they're leaving," he tells me.

"Why was she calling me 'mommy'?" I interrogate. 

"I don't know, Juliet, honestly."

"Why can't we just be happy?" I complain.

"We can, just let me make it up to you. We're married now anyways, so you're stuck with me forever, so stop complaining. We'll make this work," Ronnie explains calmly.

"Do I get to live with you again?" 

"Fuck yeah, you do. We can go buy a bunch of cool shit this week for the house," he kisses my cheek, "Now lets go party, the guests are waiting."