Chapter 57 - The full package.

THERE WERE FLOWERS AND FOOD, and cakes! Place settings and seating charts. There were so many things to take care of that I was beginning to feel a little overwhelmed. Our wedding was going to be the wedding of the century.

I was completely speechless sometimes at the scale at which this wedding was growing. The previous weddings had nothing on ours. It was truly going to be the event of the century, and it all revolved around Lorenzo and me. Our meetings died down a little and I was grateful for that since I really needed to pay attention to the wedding arrangements.

The slaves had settled in nicely in their new homes and I made sure to check on them as much as I could, but with the wedding around the corner, it was becoming a little tougher. I loved seeing them laugh and seeing them growing healthier by the day. Their wounds were healing … Their physical wounds at least. What worried me was their emotional wounds.

I still carried mine, and I knew they still had theirs. I wanted to d