The Reunion by Matayo Amy

Author:Matayo, Amy
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-03-20T16:00:00+00:00

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Liam

Over the years, I’ve learned to go along with Teddy’s ideas without much complaint, because like it or not, the guy has a bit of the Midas touch. The dirtiest-looking coal turns to gold with the slightest flick of his wrist as though nothing wants to disappoint him, even inanimate objects with no obvious value.

But this. I see no hope for this turning into anything but a mess.

“Dude, it’s slippery up there,” I say to him. “I really don’t think it’s a good idea for you to be up there. You could get hurt.”

“I’m not going to get hurt. Just throw the tarp at me, and I’ll secure it real fast. And then I’ll climb down, easy as wedding cake.”

“The expression is ‘easy as pie,’” I say, worried at his flippant attitude.

“Not today, it isn’t.”

“If your manager finds out I let you do this, he’ll kill me. Teddy Hayes falling off a roof isn’t exactly good for business.”

“He won’t find out because I’m not going to fall. Now toss me the tarp and hurry up about it. I’m freezing up here.”

With a growl, I toss him the blue plastic fabric, the best we could do under the circumstances. They were all sold out of muted colors at the store, and we didn’t have time to keep searching. The bright blue will make for some borderline ugly pictures, but it will have to do. I suppose we could confine pictures to inside the chapel and use the picture window behind the altar to capture the snow. From outside the building, the snow is nothing more than a blinding nightmare. Inside, however, it almost looks picturesque. Assuming we can clear the rising snowbank away from the entrance, that is. The next time I agree to get married in winter, someone please remind me not to.

“Why are we doing this again?” Teddy asks, echoing my thoughts. “Wouldn’t it make more sense to have the wedding closer to my aunt and uncle’s house? Or maybe even…postpone it until after the snow melts?”

I agree with everything except this. I don’t want to postpone the wedding. I wanted to marry Dillon the day we were rescued from that island, maybe even before. When you share the worst days of your life with someone and still manage to find love, you’re eager to start the best days with them as fast as you can. That means getting married now, not later.

“It would make more sense for sure, but she wants to get married where her parents got married. And her grandparents got married. Apparently, everyone in your family has gotten married in this chapel. Shouldn’t you already know this?”

I hear Teddy scoff from his spot on the roof. “I don’t keep up with wedding crap. I guess I should start, though…”

My ears perk up at that sentence, especially because unbeknownst to Teddy, Jane chooses this exact moment to walk outside.

“Why should you start keeping up with it now?” she says, pushing a shovelful of snow out of the church entrance.

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