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Derek watched the two and Kat as they approached the altar
and settle into their positions before stepping aside from his place and letting
the ladies go ahead of him so that they could quietly make their way toward
their assigned seats in the pews.
Here were two people within the Legacy and a part of his
House that were more like daughter and son to him.. and he was watching them
finally able to fulfill their deepest desires and be a part of it.
His smile was that of a father, with pride, as he watched
the proceedings. Frankly, he would have fought Sloan until hell froze over
if the man had decided to continue with his opinion and order that the two
couldn't be married and would have ignored it all together, no matter the
consequences.
What Sloan seemed to fail to realize, he thought as he saw
the couple's gazes and expressions toward the other, was that heaven itself had
returned Julia Walker to be here with Nick Boyle, to right a wrong. Who
were they to stand in the way of such a decision? Not that he would have
even tried to begin with. He had been there when they had found Julia's
body and even after, each year, when Nick had been unable to heal from the loss
and move on.
And he saw Nick now. Not the Nick of the past few
years but the Nick that had been before Julia was taken away from
them.
Derek sat and watched the proceedings and felt a great
sense of rightness about all of this and was glad he was able to be a part
of it.
Rachel had been recording since she had spotted her
daughter peeking around the corner of the entry way and now and couldn't help
but grin tearfully as the ceremony started.
It was just......... beautiful.
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