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They chose each other then.
This isn’t replacing it.
It’s adding witnesses to something that was already real.
When it comes time for vows, Griffin goes first.
He unfolds a piece of paper.
Cami immediately smiles.
“You wrote yours down?”
He looks at her. “Of course I wrote mine down.”
A soft laugh moves through the room.
Griffin glances at the page once.
Then he folds it again.
Doesn’t read it.
“I married you the first time because I could help you.”
Cami’s mouth trembles.
Griffin’s voice stays steady, but only barely.
“And I know that sounds like me, because it is. You had a problem, I had a way to fix it, so I did.”
A few people laugh softly.
Cami wipes beneath one eye.
“But I want to make one thing very clear before I say anything else today.”
His thumb moves over the back of her hand.
“I do not regret that wedding.”
The room stills.
“Not for one second. I don’t regret why we did it. I don’t regret signing those papers before either of us knew exactly what the hell we were becoming. If I could go back knowing everything I know now, I would still do it. I’d still marry you in that house. I’d still put you on my insurance. I’d still choose you before I understood that choosing you was going to change my whole life.”
Cami’s tears spill.
His do too.
“The only thing I regret is that I didn’t understand yet how much more you were going to become to me.”
Fuck.
Dex looks down.
Griffin takes a breath.
“Somewhere along the way, you taught me something I should’ve learned a long time ago. Love isn’t a problem to solve.”
