Grey looked at me as if I were insane.
“Yes, Maddie. That is, unless you have something else you’d like to do.”
As he finished speaking, he turned back to face the crowd. “You folks would like to see a wedding, wouldn’t you?”
The entire throng began to hoot, holler and clap in approval.
Grey turned back towards me. “Listen to that, Maddie. You can’t go around disappointing your fans. You’re a star now and it’s time you start acting like one.”
And then as the applause died down, I felt my father’s hand fall away from my arm. Before he walked away, he kissed me on the cheek.
“I love you.”
I nodded, tears flowing fresh once more. “I love you too, Dad.”
And with that, Grey took my hand in his. With Armando’s blessing and a final kiss to make it official, I fell into Grey’s embrace for the first time as husband and wife. The room broke out into wild applause as our lips met.
But as it always was and will now forever be, we joined together as one, in bliss, at last.