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James

It was the morning of the day we were to get married, and the first thing on the agenda for the day was for all of us to gather at the church. Our wedding would be a double wedding, as we had talked and intended for it to be in the past. My identical twin brother Jack and I are both in the process of planning our weddings, and our fiancees, Melissa and Lily, respectively, are the women we have chosen to marry.

My brother stayed the night at my home the night before the wedding, the evening before the wedding. In order to get ready for the day, which entailed taking showers and putting on our suits, we got up super early and got out of bed.

Understandably, he was more excited about the possibility than I was, but we both shared the same level of concern. On the other hand, I was preparing arrangements for Lily and her stand-in father in the event that the situation deteriorated to its worst possible state. I just couldn't get the thought out of my head that such a young girl coul