"I, Ashford , take you, Ivanna, to be my wife; to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse; for richer, for poorer; in sickness and in health; to love and to cherish; until we are parted by death." Ashford said.
Ivanna was tearing up.
"I, Ivanna, take you, Ashford, to be my husband; to have and to hold from this day forward, for better, for worse; for richer, for poorer; in sickness and in health; to love and to cherish; until we are parted by death." she said smiling.
"May I please have the rings?" the priest said.
It was Adrian who is their ring bearer, he's so cute.
The priest handed the rings to the both of them.
"Since ancient times, the ring has been a symbol of the unbroken circle of love, with no beginning and no end. Love given freely has no giver and no receiver, for each is the giver and each is the receiver. May these rings always remind you of the freedom and power of this commitment you make here today." the priest said.
"Ash, while placing the ring on Ivanna's finger, repeat after me:
Ivanna, I give you this ring, as a sign of my vow to love, honor, and cherish you." the priest said.
Ash grabs her finger and started to place the ring.
"Ivanna, I give you this ring, as a sign of my vow to love, honor, and cherish you." he said.
Ivanna was crying now.
"And Ivanna , while placing the ring on Ash's finger, repeat after me:
Ash, I give you this ring, as a sign of my vow to love, honor, and cherish you." the priest said.
Ivanna grabs his finger and stared at his eyes.
"Ash, I give you this ring, as a sign of my vow to love, honor, and cherish you." she said.
"Ash and Ivanna, in as much as you have pledged yourselves, each to the other, and have declared the same in the presence of this company by the exchange of vows and the giving and receiving of rings, by the power vested in me I now pronounce you husband and wife.
You may now kiss the Bride!" the priest said.
The crowd applause and cheered for them. Ash lifts her cover and faces her. He kissed her passionately making the crowd go wild.
"Yehey!" Ivy claps her hands.
Ezekiel was watching her.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, it is my pleasure to present to you, the new Mr. and Mrs. Villareal!" the priest said.
The church was filled with laughter and enjoyment. They all clapped their hands and they were so happy about them.
After months, Ivanna was doing her labor. Her husband and her parents with their friends were waiting outside. They didn't dare to see and know their baby's gender for they wanted to make it a surprise for them. they can hear her shouting from the outside.
"Jesus, is she hurting." Ivy said.
Tina giggled.
"It's normal, honey." she said.
Ash was also walking back and forth and they were thrilled when they heard a baby crying. The doctor went out and smiled.
"Congratulations, you have a baby girl." he said.
they all exclaimed and jumps with excitement. They transferred her wife to her room and they were there waiting for their baby.
"What is her name?" they asked Ivanna.
Ivanna was trying to smile, she was very exhausted.
"Elise Iris." she said and she went to sleep.
Ash freaked out when he saw the nurse coming holding their baby.
"Oh my God, here she comes." Ivy shouted.
They were all excited. The nurse gave it to Ash and he almost cried when he saw their tiny beautiful baby girl.
"Hello baby Elise Iris, you like your name? Your mom made that." he said.
They were fond of the baby and the nurse gave him a form to filled it up.
Ash gave it to their mother and he went back to his wife to kissed her.
"Thank you for giving birth to a beautiful baby." he smiled.
Ivy doesn't want to go home, she wants to stay with them.
"We can just make our own baby." Zeke said.
Ivy blushed, thinking it's such an embarassment telling it in front of many and adult people.
"Zeke." she nudged at him and they just all laughed.
Ash was left to watch her family, he was holding their baby and he was very happy to see that their baby looks like them. Ivanna woke up after how many hours and she needed to feed the baby.
Ash went out to get some food for them when he bumps into someone.
"I'm sorry." he said.
He was stunned to see it was Andrea's mom.
"Ash." she said.
"Hello aunty." he said.
They went to have a talk at the lobby.
"How are you?" she asked him.
"I'm fine aunty." he said.
Ash feeling awkward.
"I came here to get some medicine for Andrea." she said.
Ash was stunned.
"Why?" he asked.
It turned out that she just came from the jail and the nurse told her to get some medicine for her daughter.
"I'm sorry for what my daughter did." she cried.
Every one was staring at them.
"It's okay." he said.
Rhea's mother wants to ask forgiveness to his wife and he took her with him.
"You're already here." Ivanna said.
But she stops when she saw her husband with someone.
"I'm so sorry." the woman cried.
Ivanna was puzzled.
"Who is she?" she asked her husband.
"I'm Andrea's mother. I'm so sorry for what she did to you." she said.
Ivanna hits her again what happened that day when Rhea bumps her with her car.
"It's okay, you don't have to ask for forgiveness. It's your daughter, who needs to ask for it." Ivanna said.
Rhea's mom smiled.
"I will tell her that. I can see that you're a wonderful woman, wife, and a mother." she said.