So I narrow my eyes at her and brush a thumb over the top of her hand before saying, “I promise to be faithful to you and to place you and our family above all else.” Tabitha sucks in an audible breath through parted lips, eyes skittering over my face as though looking for proof that I’m lying. But I’m not. With a raspy voice, I carry on, professing things to a woman that I never have before. “I promise to love you completely and unconditionally, today and every day, and to stand at your side always, wherever life takes us together.” The last line is bittersweet on my tongue. Sweet because in
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