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Yes, shehadchosen her surname with care that day, and she thought back to Julius on the bench, probing, knowing a little and wanting to know more about Beatrice Taylor.
I cut. I separate.
A necessary requirement at times in order to grow.
‘Areyougoing to tellmesomething, Alicia?’ She looked down at her friend’s little bump.
‘It’s your day today.’
‘And this makes it even happier. A baby!’
‘Yes.’ Alicia beamed. ‘You are going to be an aunty, but right now...’
Today Beatrice and Julius became family.
‘Bridesmaids!’
Jordan was at the door to the suite, calling for the bridesmaids and in full royal wedding mode, but a wonderful friend too.
And giving Beatrice away was the rather wild boy she’d warned Alicia about—proof that sometimes she got things wrong.
But this was so right.
The crowds were a blur, and the golden dome of the church was shining as if to rival the sun, but it all fell away when she saw his smile.
Julius was in full military uniform. Clean-shaven, he looked younger than the man she had first met.
She was averycomposed bride. A little cold, some might say. A little too calm for such a big occasion.
But it was easy to be calm, for it was the surest walk of her life.
‘Good morning, Beatrice,’ he said, when she finally made it down the long aisle.
‘Good morning, Julius.’
Such beautiful words to be greeted with each and every day. In bed...via text...however they were delivered, they would always greet the day that way.
Julius closed his eyes briefly as the King loudly blew his nose. He knew his father would miss his other son always, and was relieved that he was a little more able to show that now.
The bride was not misty-eyed.
Beatrice turned and handed her flowers to Alicia, smiling at her very dear friend. ‘Thank you,’ she said, and she smiled too at Arabella, who was behaving beautifully.
Then she turned to the man who had found her hidden heart.
The service commenced and Beatrice was deeply serious, listening intently and nodding as she heard his vows.
His beautiful voice brought a gentle calm to her soul as he told her, ‘I shall love you all the days of my life.’
And she knew those days would start with a month on Regalsi...
