The Chain

Six months to the day that Serena asked Ric to marry her, they were to wed, Ric who had found himself married, more times than he cared to think about, and Serena, well her first marriage, she and Edward had eloped. They, both had their own views of what they wanted, Ric, wanted something small, and understated, whereas, Serena, she wanted to feel like she was having the day she dreamed up as a young girl, but classier.

Compromising, they ended up at The Manor House Hotel, in Wiltshire, just outside Bristol, booking out The Drawing Room, fit for thirty guests. Those thirty guests included, close friends and family, and one or two colleagues from Holby City Hospital. Alongside, booking out a few rooms for a few of their guests, they were getting the best of both worlds.

They had been in a constant whirlwind ever since their engagement, positively, embracing their status as a couple, prestigious and respected in work life, and in home life, inseparable, youthful, and romantic. They had it all, they were unbreakable, a chain linked together, bonded tight, it would take a huge weight to break the link.

In one end of the Manor, in The Full Glass Bar, sat Ric, with former wife, Lola Griffin, who made the surprise visit, after telling, Ric, she could not make it. She had not even met Serena yet, yet, she had heard so many tales from Ric. Lola and Ric may have married and divorced twice, they always knew they were better as friends and that is why, after all this time, they were still friends.

"So, are you going to keep hold of this wife, this time?" Lola, asked as she sipped her Orange Juice, a non-drinker, slimmed down and looking like the woman Ric first fell in love with many years ago.

"Oh, absolutely, no-one has quite, kept me ...

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...tion" Adrienne, shrugged off the remark it had been happening for a while now, but she chose to ignore it, as she heard Serena's phone buzz, she asked. "Who's that?"

Reaching out for her phone, Serena smiled, "It's just Ric"

He had sent her a picture of the moon from outside with the message 'I love you, always, forever, whenever, to the Moon and back, my heart, my soul, they are eternally, yours. X'

Sighing happily, Serena stood up and walked over to the balcony, she briefly looked up at the moon, which Ric had pictured, before looking around in the gardens below; just hoping she could spot him outside. He was out there, hidden behind the wall, catching a sneaky glimpse of his impending bride

The message Ric had sent Serena, was nothing but the truth, he now could not see himself ever, loving another woman, in their love for each other, they evolved as people,