“A Summer Wedding”
by Jesse S. Greever
Smashwords Edition
Copyright 2010 by Jesse S. Greever and Untreed Reads Publishing
Cover Copyright 2010 by Dara England and Untreed Reads
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This is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to the living or dead is entirely coincidental.
The wedding was unofficial, but in a certain sense, it was as real as anything my preadolescent mind could conceive. The tree house that my father and I had built over the course of the previous summer vacation was large enough to provide an impromptu sanctuary for the festivities.
A sweet summer breeze whistled through the cracks of our far-from-expert carpentry, and provided an eerie aria that served as a perfect processional as my oldest friend Burt escorted Naomi down the narrow aisle. The bride wore faded jeans, raggedly cut off at the knees; a hand-me-down Led Zeppelin t-shirt tied up above her waist; and a makeshift veil fashioned from the netting of a beekeeper’s face covering.