Chapter 124

The room is huge with high ceilings, and the smell is overpowering with the array of a hundred flower arrangements placed on every wall and row of seats. Beautiful garlands at every high-arched window and colored sashes act as a walkway to my red-carpeted aisle. It’s a glorious and stunning wedding venue, made more magnificent by the people standing and watching me with beaming happy faces as I pass by.

I scan the aisles as we walk on and take in the faces as we go, the Carreros at my left in their droves. Now, people, I consider myself close to. Rows and rows of beautiful Italian-looking people with big smiles, most of whom I’ve only briefly met in these past few months. Then there are all Jake’s friends. He seriously has too many people in the world that he classes as family or friends. I feel like I’ll never get to the end of all the people he knows.

On the right are those from Carrero Tower and Carrero House that worked alongside me and knew me when I was a different