A Wedding Story by Dee Tenorio

Author:Dee Tenorio [Tenorio, Dee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2011-12-30T01:09:50+00:00

Al eyes turned to them and the party went silent.

There was only one thing left to say, as Bobby took her hand in silent support.

“See?”

Chapter Nine

“You see a way out of this one?” Bobby asked through lips that didn’t move.

“Uh-uh.” The only thing that moved between them was the tightening of their fingers together.

Ruth Anne watched the mouth on Father Larkin moving, but she couldn’t quite hear anything. Just the sound of Bobby breathing. Her own heartbeat, rambling in her ears, picking up pace like a downhil locomotive. And yet...she could stil hear him breathing. Even, steady, unafraid.

“You realize if we take a single step in that room, you’re going to have to marry me,” she said, turning away from every face that was staring at them, al the confusion, the growing whispers, even the looming thunder on Father Larkin’s face. None of it mattered. Not her mother crossing herself. Not Bobby’s mother’s eyes getting wider and wider and wider. Certainly not her sadistic sister starting to turn purple while Bobby’s brother laughed his head off.

For the first time in her life, she tuned out every person she knew and what they thought. She listened only to the only person she’d worked al her life never to hear.

He met her gaze square on, no hesitation, nothing hidden. “I’m not the one with doubts, Rhubarb.”

“No, you’re just the one who’s never said a word in al the years we’ve known each other.” The truth of al he’d been saying that day had sunk in right to the core of her.

His mouth curved downward, wryly. “It’s not exactly easy on the ego when the girl you want more than breathing compares you to algae. What would you have said if I showed up under your window some night and asked you to love me for the rest of your life?”

“You mean after I looked for the video cameras?” She smiled, using her gentlest touch to caress the curve of his mouth upward, where it belonged. “I probably would have jumped out the window and into your arms.”

He took hold of her hand, keeping it pressed to his cheek. “You hated me.”

She shook her head. “No, I wanted you. I just thought you were out of my reach. That you enjoyed showing me how far.”

“Rhubarb, I would have proposed when you were in pigtails and bobby sox.”

She laughed. “So think you might get around to it while I’m in staples and hairspray?”

“What?”

“Propose, dufus. We haven’t done a damn thing right this far. I’m not marrying you if we don’t do it right from the get go.”

His eyes lit up as he sank to one knee. Al around them the crowd gasped and tittered. “Ruth Anne Barbel is, would you do me the great honor of becoming my wife?”

“Ooooh, that was good,” she replied, the slightest laugh escaping with her delight.

“Yeah, wel , I’ve been practicing for twenty-some years.”

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