24. The Night it Rained

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ELIJAH’S POV: As I knotted my bow tie in symmetry, my reflection gazed back at me from the full-length mirror, as I sighed with the anticipation of what’s to come today. Today is the day I claim her as mine forever and from this day onward to the day I die my name will be bonded to hers. “Oh Mia, I wish this day could have come earlier,” I mumbled to myself as I smiled with the bliss mobilizing every fiber of my body. I tucked my hair back a little and was about to stoop down to wear my shoes when a voice startled me “Oh Elijah, you are the most handsome man I have ever seen for a prom. Much more beautiful than your father I might say,” I reverted my gaze to the door where my Mom was standing with little tears of joy swimming in her beautiful crystal eyes and the wrinkles on her forehea

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