Rough Deal (Coming Home to the Mountain)
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She steps towards me, and I take her hand in mine.
Pastor Andy is here to do the honors.
As he leads us to the vows, tears are in both of our eyes. But hell, when I look around, I realize it's not just the women folk crying, everyone is because there's something special about the moment. About the day.
Falling in love at first sight is one thing. The only thing.
“I love you,” Prairie tells me, “and I will love you from this day forward, for all the days of our lives…”
I repeat the words after her, and when Pastor Andy tells me to kiss her, I don't hesitate. I wrap my arms around her, kissing her tight, hard, deep.
Surely, I could keep on going but my family starts hooting and hollering and hell, I think those are mostly my Rowdy cousins, and I laugh.
I lift her up in my arms and spin her around in a circle. “I love you,” I tell her. “I'll love you forever.”
“That's a deal, right?” she asks.
I nod. “That's a deal, Prairie Rough.”