He smiled warmly. "Thank you. It is perfect. As is everything. I cannot tell you how much I appreciate all that you have done for us, this day, and all the others."
Kalina returned the smile. "I've been planning this ever since the two of you
started seeing one another. She's kept to herself for so long. I just had the
feeling you were the one she needed in her life."
She snapped her mouth closed, thinking the conversation could too quickly become
maudlin. She looked down at the lei and brushed its leaves, releasing a
pleasant, but masculine, scent.
The mood broken, she returned the lei to lie beside its twin. "The other is for
Samuel," she said.
"Has he arrived yet, do you know?" Matt asked. He was hoping the admiral wasn't having second thoughts about his role in all this.
"No, but Y'Toi will send him to you the moment he arrives. You don't think
he'll change his mind again? It would really brighten the evening for Terise
if he comes." Her smile returned as she added, "I haven't told her he'd agreed
to attend."
(response)
Downstairs at the transporter console, a signal came through. A cloistered monastary in Ireland was calling. Father Patrick Francis O'Malley was requesting transport.
Upstairs, a single chime sounded from a nearby wall comm. Kalina said to Matt, "I have to go. Your celebrant has arrived. I'd like to talk with him to see if he needs anything further for the ceremony itself."
"I doubt he will. You'll like Father Patrick, though. This I can assure you."
She walked quickly down to the garden, arriving just moments after the gentleman appeared on the transporter padd.
"Aloha," she said to him. "I'm Kalina Haleakala."
"Father Patrick Francis O'Malley," he introduced himself. "A pleasure, ma'am."
"Before you join Matt, do you wish to meet with Carrhae?"
"Of course," he told her, smiling widely. "I already know way too much about Matt, including the fact that he is likely to keep me tied up with a length confession before the celebration. Let me first meet the woman he clearly does not deserve."
Kalina's smile brightened. She immediately liked the priest's easy manner. "This way, Father," she replied, and she quickly led the way to the first door on the top level.
She knocked and immediately heard Carrhae's voice granting admission. Kalina opened the door and led O'Malley into the suite. She introduced him first to the bride, then she added, "Father O'Malley, this is Nveid tr'Llhweiir, Carrhae's grandfather."
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