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The Greatest Gift of All
Chapter 12
May the Best Man Win, or Lose
"Where's my tie?" Kevin was in the room at the church that was designated at the guy's dressing room. "Guys, where's my tie?"
"Here it is," Simon handed him the black bowtie. "Need help with it?"
"No, I got it," he placed it around his neck and fumbled with it for a few minutes. "Ok, I give. Help! I can't get it to look right."
Simon walked back over to him, and Kevin turned to face him. Simon began to "fix" what Kevin had started. "You, know, Kev. You're a great guy."
"Aww, Simon, I'm touched," Kevin said sarcastically.
"No, seriously. You're the only guy Lucy has ever dated that I actually like."
"Thanks, I think."
"Just how many guys did Lucy date?" Ben walked over to them.
"Five, ten. . . fifty," Simon answer with a grin.
"What?" Kevin asked.
"I'm kidding; maybe not that many. Although that would make what I just said mean more to you. I mean competing against 50 guys for my admiration is better then five, isn't it?" Simon reasoned.
"Depends on how you look at it, I guess."
"There you go. How does that look?" Simon finished with the tie.
Kevin turned back toward the mirror. "Much better. Thanks!"
"I'm going to go mingle with the crowd for a little while before I have to light the candles," Simon said as he headed toward the door. "Hey, Kevin?"
"Yeah."
"Does your sister have a boyfriend?" Kevin looked at him funny. "I'm not asking for me," Simon explained.
"Who are you asking for?"
"Oh. . . maybe Robbie."
"Robbie's dating Roxanne."
"Yeah, but it's not serious," Simon said.
"My sister has a boyfriend."
"But it's not serious," Ben added. Kevin shot a look in his direction. "What?" Kevin just shook his head in amazement as Simon left the room. *Robbie and Patti-Mary together? Nah!*, he thought.
"So, Kev," Ben put his arm around his older brother's shoulder. "You really want to go through with this?" Ben kidded.
"Absolutely."
"Good luck, then," Ben grinned as he handed an envelope to Kevin.
"What this?" Kevin took the envelope from his younger brother.
"Look inside," Ben urged. Kevin opened up the envelope and pulled out $50. "Remember when I was 10 and you were 12. We made a bet that I would get married before you even though you were older."
Kevin laughed, "We both took $25 we'd saved up from our allowance money, put it in this envelope, and put it in the safety deposit box at home."
"Before we flew out here, I went looking for it. It was still there and knowing that Lucy really is the woman for you, and you'd really go through with this, I pulled it out and brought it with me. It's yours, Kevin; you won the bet. Buy something really nice in Hawaii for Lucy." Ben's eyes began to water. "You have something special that any man would give anything to have. Don't ever let her go, Kevin." Ben reached out and gave his only brother a hug.
"I'm not going to," was all Kevin said.
The Greatest Gift of All
Chapter 12
May the Best Man Win, or Lose
"Where's my tie?" Kevin was in the room at the church that was designated at the guy's dressing room. "Guys, where's my tie?"
"Here it is," Simon handed him the black bowtie. "Need help with it?"
"No, I got it," he placed it around his neck and fumbled with it for a few minutes. "Ok, I give. Help! I can't get it to look right."
Simon walked back over to him, and Kevin turned to face him. Simon began to "fix" what Kevin had started. "You, know, Kev. You're a great guy."
"Aww, Simon, I'm touched," Kevin said sarcastically.
"No, seriously. You're the only guy Lucy has ever dated that I actually like."
"Thanks, I think."
"Just how many guys did Lucy date?" Ben walked over to them.
"Five, ten. . . fifty," Simon answer with a grin.
"What?" Kevin asked.
"I'm kidding; maybe not that many. Although that would make what I just said mean more to you. I mean competing against 50 guys for my admiration is better then five, isn't it?" Simon reasoned.
"Depends on how you look at it, I guess."
"There you go. How does that look?" Simon finished with the tie.
Kevin turned back toward the mirror. "Much better. Thanks!"
"I'm going to go mingle with the crowd for a little while before I have to light the candles," Simon said as he headed toward the door. "Hey, Kevin?"
"Yeah."
"Does your sister have a boyfriend?" Kevin looked at him funny. "I'm not asking for me," Simon explained.
"Who are you asking for?"
"Oh. . . maybe Robbie."
"Robbie's dating Roxanne."
"Yeah, but it's not serious," Simon said.
"My sister has a boyfriend."
"But it's not serious," Ben added. Kevin shot a look in his direction. "What?" Kevin just shook his head in amazement as Simon left the room. *Robbie and Patti-Mary together? Nah!*, he thought.
"So, Kev," Ben put his arm around his older brother's shoulder. "You really want to go through with this?" Ben kidded.
"Absolutely."
"Good luck, then," Ben grinned as he handed an envelope to Kevin.
"What this?" Kevin took the envelope from his younger brother.
"Look inside," Ben urged. Kevin opened up the envelope and pulled out $50. "Remember when I was 10 and you were 12. We made a bet that I would get married before you even though you were older."
Kevin laughed, "We both took $25 we'd saved up from our allowance money, put it in this envelope, and put it in the safety deposit box at home."
"Before we flew out here, I went looking for it. It was still there and knowing that Lucy really is the woman for you, and you'd really go through with this, I pulled it out and brought it with me. It's yours, Kevin; you won the bet. Buy something really nice in Hawaii for Lucy." Ben's eyes began to water. "You have something special that any man would give anything to have. Don't ever let her go, Kevin." Ben reached out and gave his only brother a hug.
"I'm not going to," was all Kevin said.