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CHAPTER SEVENTY SIX
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2024-10-29 19:42:56~KAHLAN AND JUSTIN~
Everyone who was invited to the rehearsal dinner had left. Justin, Emett, Christian, Terry, Brandon and I were left behind. For the most part, the decorating was done. There were a few minor details that we needed to improve on, and that was mainly the outside areas.
Justin and I spent the night hanging lights in the backyard. We were silent most of the time, unless giving each other directions. I stood tall on a ladder, trying my best to hook the lights on the gutters of the house. Justin stood beside me, ready to catch me if I was to go falling down.
“I’m excited,” I murmured to myself, reaching up, not thinking that Justin had heard. He did.
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