I took a deep breath. My mind and body was at peace. I walked down the aisle, Alfred on my arm. Hesitantly he gave me to Ivan. With a glare he ran to his seat next to Arthur. I turned to Ivan; I don't think I could ever remember the words said by the preacher that bound us together. I was in raptures at his face.
"Do you, Ivan, take Alexis to be your lawfully wedded wife? To have and to hold, to love and to cherish in sickness and in health until death do you part?"
"Da."
"Do you, Alexis, take Ivan to be your lawfully wedded wife? To have and hold, to love and to cherish in sickness and in health until death do you part?"
"Yes," I said.
"You may now kiss the bride," he said. Ivan wasted no time in fulfilling that sentence.
Finally I was where I belonged.