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Chapter 19
Danny arrived at the small church in Bozeman at 3.30 that afternoon, determined to be too early rather than too late to his wedding. Mac was with him, standing as Best Man and one of the witnesses. The church itself was an impressive structure for such a small town and spoke to the religious zeal of the local population. Danny was nervous, not about marrying Lindsay, but fluffing up the ceremony or offending someone for not technically being a Baptist. They had glossed over this detail whilst meeting with the preacher earlier in the week, merely confirming they were both baptised and confirmed. As far as Danny and Lindsay were concerned anything more was their business alone.
The church filled quickly and at 3.55 the wedding march began signalling that the bride was about to approach. Danny suppressed a smile; trust Lindsay, the overachiever, to be punctual on her own wedding day. All these thoughts flew from his head though when the doors opened and he saw her standing there on her father's arm in a pure white dress, and illuminated by the sun behind her making her look like the angel he knew she was. In front of her was Frank's daughter Rosie, who preceded her down the aisle dropping handfuls of rose petals. Then Lindsay and her father began to approach him.
Everything around him was a blur; the only thing he could focus on was Lindsay as she approached. She looked straight at him, a small smile on her face befitting the solemnness and seriousness of this occasion, but the twinkle in her eye telling him what they both already knew: that this was a formality, they had belonged solely to each other for months now.
And then she was before him, and her father sighed before placing her hand into his. There might have been some talking, he thought, but his focus was on the woman in front of him. He repeated the words as the vicar directed him to and took great satisfaction in declaring that he would love, cherish and worship her for the rest of his life. She in turn promised to honour and obey, however the slight raised eyebrow whilst declaring that prompted a barely supressed chuckle from Danny. When had she ever been good at taking orders!
She's finally mine, Danny thought with satisfaction as he slid the gold wedding ring onto its new home around her finger. He himself had a matching one, and although it felt strange to have this new weight on his finger, it also felt so right. And now nobody could break them up, they belonged to each other and had every right to go and do what they pleased. Lindsay no longer lived under the charge of her father, and although many men, and the law, would now consider her to belong to him, he knew that they were now a team.
Together.