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Omar grinned and slapped his son on the back.
‘To the happy couple,’ everyone said in unison.
They sat for a moment watching the sun disappear beyond the horizon, bathing the banks of the Nile in a beautiful, almost otherworldly golden glow before the sun set, casting the banks in shadow.
Freya said, ‘I would like to make another toast.’
Everyone turned to look at her.
‘Let’s raise a glass to the place that will always have, for me, a special place in my heart, and I’m sure for everyone seated around this table.’
They all raised their glasses
‘To The Guest House at Shingle Cove.’
‘The Guest House!’ they said, smiling at one another, each thinking of their own lives and how friendships, loves, and futures had been forged in that little guest house on the beautiful Suffolk Coast. And how one day soon, they would all meet up there again, to toast the start of another young couple’s journey and the future they would forge for their own children, perhaps in Cambridge, perhaps here in Egypt.
Who knew where life would take them? But as they all sat around the table, sharing this special moment together, Alice knew that although there were no certainties in life, right here, right now, everything was quite all right, and that was the most joyous thing any of them could ever hope for.
