One month later
One month laterJohann looked at the beautiful woman standing before him and he repeated the words the priest had just recited. He’d all but given up hope of marrying her, but now he stood in the church filled with friends and relatives.
“I will love you forever and I promise to protect, care, defend, and stand by you no matter what may come. In sickness and in health, until death do us part.”
Lotte smiled at him and listened while the priest gave her the words to say. She repeated them to him, her voice cracking with the depth of her emotion as she uttered the final, “Till death do us part.”
“I’m pleased to pronounce you husband and wife. Your love for one another has sustained you through many trials and yet you have remained true to one another. A love like yours is
