Brix, Malik, and Jolie were standing in an office at the courthouse with Elio. Everyone else had left them alone. Brix and Jolie had said their vows in front of the cleric, had shared a delicious kiss Opal had catcalled at and were declared married. Then Brix had asked for a few moments alone with only the four of them.
Jolie wasn’t sure what was going on but Elio was all smiles as the officiant left the room last with a quiet click of the door and Brix looked to them with a sly grin.
“Dad and I had a conversation this morning,” he looked to Jolie and Malik. “Considering polygamy is illegal, there is no way to make a marriage between you two legal but for all intents and purposes, Malik is as much your husband as I am.” He pulled a ring box out of his hand and put it in Jolie’s. “We tal
