XCIX. Forest
It was later, once he'd been reunited with James and Lily, than Marlene took his hand. "I want to show you something," she said, and she led him into a small forest growing behind James and Lily's house - the afterlife, it seemed, was a carbon copy of the real world.
"What's all this?" he asked, taking in the paper lanterns hanging from the trees.
"It's our wedding," she said. "The one we were planning once. I set it up ages ago, and I thought - maybe you still wanted to tie the knot?"
He bent to kiss her forehead. "I do."