EpilogueTwelve months later.....
As I stand next to Gary in the registry office waiting to sign the Civil Partnership register I look out over the sea of faces in front of me. I discreetly pinch myself to make sure that I am not dreaming, Mel catches the movement and smiles encouragement at me. Everybody who is important in my life is sitting in this room right now. In the front row is my sister and her three children, next to her are my mum and dad (much to my relief and surprise), then Gary’s parents who seem to be comparing notes with mine along with his older brother, Alan.
Behind them looking very much in love are Lawrence and Zaki, they have been living together for the last six months ever since Zaki’s company opened a new franchise in Taunton and he was made sales director there.
