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The rest of my answer was made with my lips against Linc’s.

Epilogue

A light breeze drifted across the sand as the guests assembled on the beach at Crystal Cove. Three rows of chairs sat near the water on the edge of the pure white sand. Linc and his best man, Johnny, stood next to the celebrant, and much to Jane’s mother’s displeasure, Linc wore a pair of white board shorts and a Hawaiian shirt.

Her mother and father sat in the front row on one side of the semi-circle, and on the other side was the president, his wife, and his two ever-present minders. Linc’s parents were sailing in the Mediterranean and they had Skyped them last night.

David winked at Linc and gave him a thumbs up. ‘You’ve made an excellent choice, Lincoln. I couldn’t have picked a better wife for you.’

In the second and third row was the small group of sailing friends they had made over the past twelve months, as Jane had worked at the sailing school, and between lessons had moonlighted as a sailing guide with Luxury Charter Yachts.

The sound of a boat’s motor vied with the swishing of the waves on the beach. A small rubber tender appeared around the point and Linc’s heart swelled as he saw Jane’s hair blowing in the breeze.

He smiled as she stepped barefooted from the small boat onto the sand. Her white dress was simple, and she had laced white flowers through her hair.

David stood and his clear pure voice filled the air as he sang an island wedding greeting.

Jane stepped over to Linc, and she blinked tears away as David’s voice faded.

‘That greeting was so beautiful,’ she whispered.

‘Not as beautiful as you are, my love.’

A breeze light as a baby’s breath and as warm as a kiss, surrounded them with the fragrance of the tropics as they promised their lives to each other.

When the celebrant told Linc to kiss his bride, he held her at arm’s length and held her eyes with his.

‘No kiss will ever compare with the first kiss we shared out in that bay.’

‘It will,’ she whispered. ‘Our first kiss as husband and wife.

And Jane Martin proceeded to show her new husband exactly that.

THE END