Behind Keith's statue body, Jeremy took back his eyes from the bride and pushed him with a grinning murmur, "Come on! Go and pick her!"

Keith's frozen face melted to a smile, too, and he turned himself to the Riley's.

Clement Riley's eyes never left his daughter's face, seeing her so eager to see this other man, his feelings were mixed.

As a father, he had always cherished her like the only treasure in the world. He had never made a choice for her or asked her to meet his ...