“We love you, Dad,” Daisy shouts at him. Dahlia wipes her eyes. Poppy bites her lip to keep from crying.
“Love you too, Daisy, Dahlia, and Poppy,” Aaron answers.
Luis Saber pulls Carmen closer to him, with his arm around her shoulders.
Rand passes a tissue to Carolina.
Celia leans toward Flint and kisses his cheek.
“I thought true love was not in the cards for me,” Cam’s voice wavers as she addresses her family. “I went through some dark days after leaving Flamingo Cove. And there have been plenty of days since then that I wonder how different my life would have been with different decisions. But the bottom line is this, even if I got a do-over, I wouldn’t change a thing. Because it brought Dahlia, Poppy, Daisy, and Ryan into our lives. And it put Aaron and me right where we needed to be to pledge forever to each other.”
“It’s rare to get a second chance in life. Rarer still to get a second chance at love. So, when the opportunity presents itself, you have to seize the day, grab onto it, and don’t let go,” Aaron steps closer to Cam and grabs her hands.
“That’s why we are gathered here to join these two in holy matrimony,” Wysdom announces.
Shocked sounds come from nearly everyone.
“Surprise!” Wysdom shouts. “Now, who has the rings?”
“I do, Bonus Mom,” Ruston races forward and nearly tackles Wysdom at the legs. She laughs, ruffles his hair, then gently takes the rings from her son.
“Thank you, sweetheart,” Wysdom kisses him on his unruly red hair. “Now, go sit with your Papa.Sweet baby Oprah in a manger. The God Among Men is about to have a stroke over there.”
Luke Saber is indeed livid, not because of the events of this day, but more likely because he didn’t get to play protective brother again.
Cam raises her eyebrow at him. “Don’t worry, little brother. You have one more chance with Cat. Then, when your daughters start dating.”
Cat lets out a startled “Hey!” and Luke nods, a smile spreading across his face as he begins plotting the demise of anyone who dares ask out Sienna or Wil. Cam feels sorry for those teenage boys who dare cross the Ward-Saber threshold.
“If there are no more interruptions,” Wysdom looks around. “Let’s begin. I understand you wrote your own vows?”
Cam smiles, pulls out a piece of paper, and hands it to Aaron. “We wrote them for each other.”
Aaron accepts the paper and hands over Cam’s vows. He looks at his sheet and snort-laughs. “Really?”
Cam nods.
“Okay, then,” Aaron takes a deep breath. “Camellia Saber, the flower of my life, the most awesome, fabulous woman that has ever walked the face of the earth.”
“You tell him!” Carmen sniffs.
“Just kidding, Sparky,” Cam laughs and passes him a different piece of paper. “Here’s the real version.”
Aaron rolls his eyes. His face turns serious as he reads her words. “I like to beat myself up over what-ifs. Camellia says it’s the way I get my… I’m not saying this part.”
“Mmm-hmm. Yes, you are.”
Aaron sighs. “Fine. Camellia says that’s how I maintain my tight… backside. By kicking my own ass.”
“Language,Mija!” Luis shouts from his seat.
“I didn’t say it, Papa,” Cam laughs. “He did.”
“You write these words, though,” Luis shakes his head. “These salty words, on such a holy day.”
“Papa, we’re not in a church,” Cam points out.
“We could be,” Luis glares at her.
