Divorced! Now what?
Chapter 159

Theo POV

After a shower, Bethany and I headed down to the kitchen, only to be pushed away to the formal dining room where food was laid out. We grabbed food buffet style and headed to the lounge to eat, only to find that Dad and Bob were already there, watching sports news and updates. We were going to miss the weekend sports, but none of us seemed to mind, considering why we would miss it, and they were getting as much of the sports fix as they could before the woman showed up and turned the television off. We sat on the floor and put our food on the small coffee table, eating as we took in the news of up-and-coming games today and tomorrow.

We watched for nearly an hour and a half before Mum stormed into the room, fuming, and switched the television off, her hands on her hips and a stern look on her face. She was not impressed that we were all in here watching television on such an important day. She had put a lot of work into making this day perfect.

'Boys to the games room, and you.' Pointing her finger at Bethany, who ducked her head as if she had been scalded, and, in a way, she was.

'To the attic. The other girls are waiting to get you dressed. The celebrant will be here in half an hour to discuss the process again, and the caterers are already arriving with food. Please visit Job nib.com and search the book title to read the entire book for free. Get your butts off the floor and move.' I had never seen Dad move so fast; I guess my Mum's scary voice is scary. I gave Bethany a quick kiss.

'Catch you soon, sweetheart.' I squeezed and kissed her on the nose, leaving to hunt down Dad and the guys.

Bob, Dad, Jacko, Thomas, Nate, and Scott were in the room when I entered. They were going through the suits on a rack and working out who belonged to which suit, as there were no labels on them, and they were all a dark blue, with a light blue pin strip. We eventually worked it out. Bob wore a cobalt blue shirt with a white carnation pinned to the lapel, and I wore a cornflower blue shirt with a white rose pinned to the lapel. Dad went to each one of us, straightened a tie, and made us all nice and neat. When Dad was satisfied that we were all ready, he grunted and nodded and, together, left the room.

I found the celebrant, Bob, and greeted him, and we listened to his suggestions. He would have us stand to one side of the arch, and the ladies could get through it. When we were done, we would leave together through the arch. The garden looked fantastic. I noticed several of Scott's men around as helpers, and he said he had some snipers upstairs looking out. We went all out to make sure nothing went wrong this time. Even Nate was there in a different suit than us; he was the ring lad, holding a deep blue velvet pillow with four rings on it. He looked proud to be standing out there holding the pillow.

Bob looked nervous, and Dad tried to calm him down. It was hard for him to relax at the moment, not just because he was about to get married, but because he knew an old foe was close by, and his gut was saying trouble was at hand. We all stood staring at the back door, waiting for our ladies to appear. The longer it took, the harder the wait was.

'I have extra men on the roof; I hope you don't mind?' Jacko said quietly to Hank, who was watching the door for the signal that the girls were ready and to go meet them at the bottom of the stairs.

'Do you have anyone you can think of?'

'It is not a secret, anyone from work or Theo's work, workers in the houses. How long ago were you flagged?'

'Not that long ago for it to be one of the workers on the houses! We were all stumped at who would contact this man, or was it just a coincidence after all? The hospital was buzzing with the excitement that Dr. Theo was getting married. They even gave us a wedding present yesterday when we were at work.

'The more, the merrier. We cannot be too careful. For him to be coming now, do you think someone has tipped him off about our wedding here? I thought it was too much of a coincidence, you know?' Dad was right; it did seem odd that this person was coming now. Bethany POV

Kitty was a tyrant, barking orders at the girls and helping me wear my dress. Poor Theo is going to have fun getting this off of me; I have so many buttons on it that I think he will rip it off. My hair was curled, and beads threaded through it, a tiara on my head to hold the veil in place, and too much makeup, although the girls insisted it was the rage nowadays. High heels that I am sure are going to break my neck, and I wonder how I am going to manage to walk on the grass with them.

The girls looked lovely in matching blue dresses, one light and one darker, but both exquisite; Kitty was good at her sewing skills. Pam looked a bit frazzled, too, and she kept groaning each time Kitty made some adjustments to the dress, which looked perfect to me. When Kitty was satisfied we were perfection, she led us downstairs to where Jacko and Hank were waiting for us to lead us to our men. Their eyes lit up when they saw us, and I took that as a good sign. Hank pulled me in for a hug, kissed my cheek, and got a huff from Kitty.

'Go and sit with the guests. Your job is done, and you have done a wonderful job at that. These ladies look fantastic!' Words of praise from Hank were all she needed to give him a bright smile and leave to join the others waiting for us to arrive.

'You look great, sis, you too, Mum.' Thomas winked at me when he said Mum, but Pam was not so shocked this time. She smiled back at him and nodded. He raised his arm for her to take. She would leave first. They left the back door together and headed down to the waiting grooms. I could hear the 'oo's and ah's' and 'she looks beautiful' coming from the crowd. 'You ready?' Hank asked, rubbing my arms as if warming me up.

Hank walked me out, and though there were a lot of people looking at me, my eyes were focused on Theo. He stood tall and smiled at me with a broad smile that lit up his whole face. I watched as he looked at me from head to toe and felt I had just been undressed. I walked under the arch, and Hank kissed my hand before leaving me with Theo. Dad and Pam were already ready and waiting for us to get settled in place so the promises of our future together could begin.

We had written our own promises, and when I reached my turn, I improvised, having completely forgotten all I had intended to say. Theo looked at me with such love that I felt my heart melt. I am so lucky to have found Theo, and he was there to patch up my wounded heart with his soft, unyielding approach. I think I messed up my lines more than once, but that was okay.

We waited while Dad pledged his love to Pam. I almost cried as Dad said his words; he deserved a new start. Then we had the rings. Nate stepped forward and held up the pillow, and the celebrant spoke of the rings, which were a daily reminder that we had promised to be with one another for the rest of our lives. Pam and Dad placed the rings on their fingers first, and then Theo and I exchanged rings.

Right after I had placed the ring on his finger, I was suddenly pushed to the ground, and a loud bang was heard, and moments later, another bang. I hit my head on the ground, and everything went fuzzy.