With a joyful yelp, she grabs my hand and we rush over to them. Our friends and family greet us with loving hugs and well-wishes. When she reaches Courtney, the two of them share a teary hug, and then I give my sister a hug, too.
As everyone starts to make their way across the patio to grab seats and enjoy the luau, I slip my hand into Rose’s and take a step to follow them. But she tugs on my hand and pulls me back. I turn toward her and grin, enveloping her in my arms. For a moment, it feels like just the two of us exist in the world.
“You’re such an incredible man, you know that?” she says. “I fall more and more in love with you every day.”
In a moment, I’ll tell her that I’m falling more deeply in love with her every day, too—and that I’m going to be in love with her for the rest of time.
But first I kiss her.
It feels like a million love songs all wrapped into one.