Madeleine and Howard Coleman stared intently at Steve Burton and Ruby Gregory exchanging rings, but in their minds, they synchronously imagined the scene where they would exchange rings with each other.
The moment the ring exchange was complete, Steve Burton and Ruby Gregory couldn't help but embrace each other and began to kiss.
The whole audience burst into warm applause and joyful cheers, even Rusell Henris and Edward Woods, standing to the side, joined in the clapping.
Madeleine and Howard Coleman were a full ten seconds late before they regained their senses, stiffly raising their hands to join in the applause.
The two people in front of them were their best friends, and they should have felt happy for their happiness, but why, at this moment, was all they could feel in the depths of their hearts nothing but endless sorrow and loss?
