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Inara reached the hotel a few minutes after 6:00 pm and was greeted by the girls at the reception.
They were dressed in pink tee-shirts with the words Inara Anthony- Bride to be
crested on the back. Inara was overwhelmed by their kindness."This is yours." Cassy said, presenting her with a similar tee-shirt in white.
"Wow, this is unexpected. I am moved." said Inara and wore it over her sleeveless blouse.
"It's our pleasure." said Amy.
"Let's take you to the room we booked." Eve said excitedly.
They led her away from the reception, then walked her along the hotel lobby to a room where on the door, a colorful banner was hung.
The banner bore boldly, her engagement picture where Lemuel was kissing her hand. On it, a fancy digital writing proclaimed Congratulations! Inara Anthony.
"You guys did all these for me?" Inara couldn’t believe it still. The girls had really troubled her in t
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Zee had managed to get Inara to stop crying during the drive and they reached Inara's home at about 8:30 pm.Inara took off the bridal shower tee-shirt and dumped it on the floor of the truck, hating it with every fiber of her being.“I’ll trash it for you.” said Zee.
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Inara would have liked more time to try and calm herself but remembering her last episode with him on timing, she hurried to her parent’s room and knocked on the door.“Dad, mum, Lemuel is taking me out.”She hoped they couldn’t hear the tremor she was fighting to keep from her voice.“Enjoy your courtship.” Her mum said.“Chastely.” her dad added.“I love you.” she said and hurried to the room Amara used as a studio. The door was open and her sister was engrossed at her canvas, replicating the picture of a lavender garden in sunset.“Nice work. Lemuel is taking me out.”“Thanks. Great. Have fun.” Amara said without turning. She was always concentrated when she worked.“Thanks.” Inara said and paused as her phone buzzed again with Lemuel’s call. She picked it up and brought it up to her ear.“Hello.”“What are you wearing?”“Jeans and tee-shirt.”“I want you in a dress. Two minutes.”The call went off and Inara hastened back to her bedroom and changed into a simple straight knee-length
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“You can wrap your arms around me, Nara. It’s okay.” he said softly. Gingerly, she slowly brought her arms around him, coming to rest her head against his brawny chest, her sobs gradually reducing as the intense pain on her bum started to ebb.“Let’s get you a bit comfortable.” he said and lifted her onto his shoulder, taking her to the living room where she noticed for the first time that there was a big automatic couch that doubled as a bed in there. Gently, he lay her on her side, brushing her hair away from her wet cheeks. Her sobs were down to sniffles by now. “Shh, it’s okay.” He encouraged soothingly and she was surprised at the tenderness he was showing her but it helped her finally stop crying. “I need you to relax. I’ll get some balm so you can heal quickly.”She tensed up, her body protesting any reference to contact with her smarting bum.“Shh, just relax, I’ll be gentle, I promise. I gave you the pain. Now I’ll take it away.”Her protesting muscles slowly gave way as sh
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“Hey, pumpkin.”Inara turned to find Alex coming up behind her where she was standing out on the terrace of the church building trying for the second time to see if Zee had shown up for the wedding rehearsal. It was 8:00 am and Zee was not there yet.Inara noticed that Alex had lost some pounds. His weight loss efforts were paying off. He was looking good.“Wow, you are slimming down.”
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By evening, after dinner, Inara realized that she had not written her vow. She got into her room, grabbed a pen and sheet of paper, then sat down at her dresser to think. Words didn’t come.She tried to remember what the other brides she had watched in church used to read from their paper. They always said sweet things. But her own wedding wasn’t normal. It made it difficult to write anything.After more pondering with no headway, she decided to let her heart lead her and before long, she had finished writing the vow that she would read.
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Reverend Anthony's Church,Heavens Vinewas brimming with the arrival of guests for Lemuel and Inara's wedding.Outside the entrance to the church, a banner had been erected with the picture of Lemuel's proposal to Inara. It was the picture where he was kissing her hand, the one that had the engagement ring on it.The words "Inara weds Lemuel" had been boldly inscribed on the banner with a romantic handwritten font.Some paparazzi were hanging around by the church entrance waiting eagerly to take pi
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After the wedding ceremony, Inara found herself in a familiar situation, which was being in a car alone with Lemuel.The only difference was that, they were in their wedding clothes and she was seated beside him in the Range Rover that had brought him to church. The luggage she had carefully packed the previous night was in the booth and a low jazzy music was playing in the car as he navigated them through the streets.Inara recognized the apartment where he had punished her and quickly looked away. That hadn’t been funny.
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After Inara stopped crying, sleep overtook her and she found herself in her wedding dress, studying her reflection in the mirror at the dresser in Lemuel’s room.It then occurred to her that he had earlier yanked her wedding dress off her. How could she be wearing it now? Then it dawned on her that she was in a dream. She gasped as words formed a sentence across the surface of the mirror like smears of dripping blood. The Last Dare is Lifted, it read.
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