The moon goddess chose wrong: twice
We stood in the training field for a moment, the morning light strengthening around us, the particular quiet warmth of two men who had built something real between them out of difficult circumstances and unlikely beginnings.
“Will you give a toast?” I asked. “When we marry. If she says yes.”
“She will say yes,” Thomas said, with the particular certainty of a father who knew his daughter completely. “And yes, I will give a toast.” He paused. “It will probably embarrass you both extensively. I have spent months collecting material.”
“I look forward to it,” I said, and meant it.
Thomas
I watched him walk back toward the pack house, the particular lighter step of a man who had just received some