‘The day of the wedding, Shane is contemplating what she should do after just witnessing her father leave his wife and son behind, just like he did with her and her mother. She tries to look inside of her heart to decide whether she should leave Carmen behind or spend the rest of her with her. What will she decide? And what will life be like after she makes her decision?’

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As everyone enjoyed themselves at Shane and Carmen’s wedding reception, Shane watched Carmen interact with her brothers and sisters at their table as they were finishing up the meal. When she looked to see Shane staring at her lovingly, she realized how loved she really felt. She excused herself from her siblings, and walked over Shane who was sitting at their private table. She then said over the loud chitter chatter of people at every table having a discussion, “Hey, come on. Let’s go dance!”

Shane, grinning happily, replied whispering in Carmen’s ear, “Sure, wifey!”

Carmen then proceeded to drag Shane towards the dance floor as right on cue to their arrival on the floor a slow dance song started, and then DJ announced, “Let’s hear it for the newlyweds, as they get the first dance of the night.”

There was applause as others were clinking the silverware against their glasses, signaling for Shane and Carmen to kiss for the hundredth time that night. They couldn’t get enough of each other anyways though, so they didn’t mind. So when their lips connected again, they still felt the familiar tingle throughout their body and neither of them could wait to get to their room later that night.

As they parted, Carmen rested her head against Shane’s chest as the slowly shuffled from side to side. As they danced they interlinked the fingers of one of their hands as their other hand clung to their significant other. As they danced, they looked into each other’s eyes. They poured all their love, passion, devotion, and contentedness into the way they looked at each other, as if saying to each other silently how much they really meant to each other and how much they need one another. Thankfully, they both got the message.