Since Allan was no longer considered as heir to the family fortune, he married his sweetheart, Fumiko, in a nice quiet wedding in the backyard with family and a few friends invited to see the nuptials.
After all, after the wedding they would have to make their way out of the home and build up their own family. Allan would be given §500,000 to build up his on family line...and the rest he would have to make for himself - he couldn't rely on the family fortune to bail him out of tough times. Masatoshi and Caitlin had already moved out into the community and had another child on the way, they were given §250,000 to make sure that their family was stable. Haruo was generous that way. He wanted to see his family succeed (and take over the town...bwa ha ha ha ha... - the Watcher wills it...).
But being "booted from the family house" was not on Allan's mind as he gazed upon his bride-to-be as she stood there in her yukata. As they waited for the guests and family members to gather where they would exchange their vows...it was certain that they had a bright and glorious future together.
Exchanging rings and vows was the easy part. But intertwining two lives together in harmony without arguments and power-struggles was difficult. Each had had their own way of doing things and making a couple out of two people was going to take a lot of work. But in the rosy glow of marriage...it was certain that the two of them would walk that road together in lockstep...all the way.
The wedding was fabulous in the fading light of the day, and after the vows everyone headed to the kitchen to watch the cake cutting. Of course...a lot of people stayed on the bridge to look out over the water.
River sighed as she watched her first child get married. Another milestone reached, seeing her first child whom she'd held as an infant now exchanging vows with his betrothed, now his wife. Tears misted her eyes as she wondered what life held for her and Haruo now. Each marriage was a painful reminder that their time was past and that it was their children's future. But she wished Allan and his bride well...and hoped that they had a long and happy future together.
The newlyweds gazed at each other across the kitchen table that the cake was on, while the rest of the family and guests gathered around the kitchen, giving the married couple space with which to work on the cake.
There was a large wedding cake and that was lucky as there were a lot of guests from Fumiko's and Allan's work at the hospital. And the cake was cut into enough pieces to hopefully feed all who attended the wedding.
There were the usual fiascos such as their boss being insane and trying to choke herself. Yeah, that usually goes over well at a wedding.
But at least it seemed as though all the guests had a good time...and everything eventually all settled down.
Frankly after a wedding party like that...it was a good thing that the Chikamori household didn't have a wet-bar in this house.
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