THREE YEARS LATER
“By the power vested in me, I now pronounce you husband and wife." The minister paused and smiled. “You may now kiss the bride."
Tears blurred my vision as I watched Ansel tenderly place his hands on his new wife's cheeks and kiss her gently. Shifting my bouquet into one hand, I swiped the tears away with the other. I'd never imagined my brother getting married before he was twenty-one.
Always the cynic, I had rolled my eyes when he had told me he'd fallen in love not even three weeks after he started fall semester at The University of Tennessee. My cynicism grew even further when he told me she was a cheerleader for the university. I couldn't help picturing some blonde, sorority bimbo who wanted an elevated status by dating one of the football players.
But all my dou
