Author's Note: Thanks again to those who have been faithfully following this very long tale. The song reference goes back to chapter 17, if any of you can remember that far back to the movie night with the boys. The song is "Nobody Does it Better" and is the theme song from the movie, "The Spy Who Loved Me." Every time, I hear the lyrics to this song, it makes me think of Lee and Amanda so I thought it was appropriate for this chapter. I hope you all agree.

On an additional note, no wedding reception would be complete without at least one drunken friend making of fool of themselves or a little family drama, both of which are included in this chapter. This chapter ended up being a lot longer than I intended, but I couldn't find a good stopping point. Enjoy!

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Once the family had ended their big group hug and the boys had returned to their seats, Lee gestured for Dr. Smyth to hand him the microphone. When his boss handed it over, he rose from his seat. "Well, while we're following tradition here, it's also traditional for the bride and groom to say a few words so here goes. I can't argue with anything that Billy or Francine said about the way that I was in the past. I was reckless, closed off and a bit of a jerk. Billy made hit the nail right on the head when he said I used to push people away for fear of getting hurt again. He was right again when he said the day that I met Amanda changed all that. I tried numerous times to push her away too, just like I'd done with everyone else who ever tried to get close to me, but Francine also hit the nail on the head when she said Amanda was stubborn."

"Hey!" Amanda said.

"But I'm grateful everyday for that stubbornness in her. It's that relentless stubborn streak in her that led us to where we are today. She refused to let me push her away, refused to let me keep locking myself away inside my own head. I didn't even know how empty my life was until she came into charging into it. It wasn't long after meeting her that I realized that I was falling for her and falling hard. I tried to hide from it for a long time, tried to pretend that it wasn't happening, until one day I accepted that I couldn't live another day without telling her how I felt. As Francine mentioned, most of you know the reputation I had with the ladies and I know that's why some of you have trouble believing that my marriage to Amanda will last," He said with a pointed look at Agent Jeffries. "Or believe that there's some hidden reason behind it," he shifted his gaze to Efraim, "but let me assure all of you that this is the real deal." He then turned back to Amanda, reached for her hand, pulling her to her feet to face him. "Amanda, you have changed my life in ways that I never could have imagined. You've made me a better man, the kind of man I want to be. Your patience, your strength and your stubborn determination have made me see everything in life that I was missing out on by being the way that I was. I'm so thankful that someone like you could love someone like me and I plan to spend the rest of my life showing you just how much. I love you, Amanda Stetson and I'm so proud to have you as my wife." He leaned in and kissed her softly. The crowd cheered at this, then several sounded disappointed when the kiss was short-lived.

"Wow, how am I supposed to follow that," Amanda joked through a haze of happy tears.

"Give it your best shot," Lee said as he handed the mic over to her.

"Well, first of all, I want to say thank you to everyone for this whole thing. It's nice to know that people care enough to help us celebrate our marriage even though I know some of you may not agree with our decision. I keep thinking back to what Francine said about me reaching a part of Lee that no one else did and to what my mother said about me being so devoted to my boys. In looking back on the years that Lee and I have been together, as partners, as friends, as lovers, and now, as husband and wife, I think those two things go hand in hand. Billy mentioned earlier that Lee's past behavior was to hide his pain and as a mother, I saw it too. I looked past the brusque, rude, and often arrogant jerk that he was..."

This time it was Lee's turn to protest with a loud, "Hey!"

Amanda undeterred, continued on as if he hadn't spoken, "...And I saw the lost little boy crying out for attention underneath all that attitude and wanted nothing more that to help heal the hurt the way I would with my own children. I saw the damaged heart in need of healing, but I also saw how giving that heart could be under the right circumstances. Francine was right in saying that I was determined to reach him. I had no idea that in the process, I'd find myself falling in love again or that while I was trying to help him heal, he was helping me heal as well. My mother was also right in her assessment that I had dedicated so much of my like to my children that I'd forgotten to take care of myself. In getting to know Lee, I came to see that I had focused so much attention on them and in being the best mother that I could to make up for their father not being there, that I'd never really taken time to properly grieve the loss of my first marriage. I was burying the hurt much like Lee was, instead of dealing with it."

"I never thought I'd ever hear you admit that I was right about something," Dotty quipped.

"I've heard people around the office talk for years about Lee's fear of commitment, but no one seemed to recognize that I had the same fear. You all know that I've been married before, but as my son, Jamie, mentioned his dad wasn't around much. While my mother was right about me being lonely for a long time, but what she didn't mention was that even when I was married, I was lonely. So, while marriage itself may not be new to me, a stable marriage is new. Having a husband who is there for me and for our children means the world to me. The fact that Lee accepted right away that in marrying me, he was not only getting me, but a ready-made family means more to me than I could ever put into words. He's not just a loving husband, but a devoted dad as well." Amanda paused and turned to speak directly to her husband. "The fact that you fully embraced Phillip and Jamie and loved them as if they were your own...That makes me love you even more. So, here's one more toast," she said as she raised her glass, "To my husband, Lee, thank you for loving me, for loving my boys and most of all, for making us a whole family again." She gazed lovingly at Lee as toasted him, smiled through her joyous tears, and then kissed him. This time, their kiss was more lingering causing the crowd to start whooping. They broke apart, Amanda using her fingertips to brush her lipstick from his lips. Lee kissed her fingertips as she did so before they both took their seats smiling broadly.

After dinner was finished, the DJ announced that it was time for the newlywed couple's first dance. Lee and Amanda smiled at each other wondering just what other surprises were in store for them. Lee rose first, reached for Amanda's hand and led her to the dance floor. "You know, it occurs to me, this actually will be the first time we've danced since we've been married."

"I just wonder what song our conniving friends picked out for us," she said with a smile.

"Maybe it's something your mother picked," Lee suggested.

"That may be even scarier," she said with a laugh. They didn't have to wait long to find out. As soon as they neared the dance floor, the opening strains of Carly Simon's "Nobody Does it Better" began playing. "I can live with this one," Amanda said as they stepped onto the dance floor together.

"Seems fitting," Lee agreed as he pulled his wife into his arms and they began a slow dance. "If you really listen to the lyrics, I mean."

"I wonder who picked it," Amanda said.

"Probably your mom since we were watching the James Bond movie that it came from last weekend."

"I never expected that they would have put something together like this for us," Amanda said deeply moved by the whole thing.

"I know what you mean," He said. "It surprised me too, especially Jamie's speech. I have to admit, I got a little choked up over that one."

"Yeah, me too," Amanda said. "He doesn't say much, but when he does, it's always from the heart."

Husband and wife danced in silence, holding each other and gazing into each other's eyes as they listened to the song lyrics.

I wasn't looking but somehow you found me
It tried to hide from your love light
But like Heaven above me
The spy who loved me
Is keeping all my secrets safe tonight

And nobody does it better
Though sometimes I wish someone could
Nobody does it quite the way you do
Why'd you have to be so good?

The way that you hold me
Whenever you hold me
There's some kind of magic inside you
That keeps me from running
But just keep it coming
How'd you learn to do the things you do?

"You know this is really true," Lee said the song lyrics striking a chord. "I always ran before whenever it looked like a relationship might start to be serious or at least have that potential, but not from you."

"Oh, you tried to run," Amanda said. "You admitted it yourself in your speech, that you tried to hide."

"I'm not running anymore, not hiding anymore. I love you and I don't care who knows it," Lee said as he raised a hand to her face, ran his fingers through her hair and kissed her softly.

"I love you, too," Amanda said as she stroked his face before sliding her hand behind his neck and pulling him in for another kiss.

The newlyweds were still kissing when the song ended and the DJ voice sounded, "Mr. and Mrs. Stetson," to which the crowd applauded. They both turned toward the crowd still holding hands, looking flushed. The dance floor was then opened up to everyone. Billy and Jeannie quickly made their way to the dance floor followed by Dotty and Curt.

"We should go make sure the boys aren't ready to kill each other by now," Amanda said.

"Good idea," Lee said as they left the dance floor. When they made it back to their table, he had to laugh at Efraim who was pleading with Francine.

"Come on, just one dance," He was saying.

"No," Francine said emphatically. "Not happening. Not in this lifetime."

"Oh, come on, Francine," Lee said. "Didn't you say you wanted your shot at happiness. Maybe Efraim's that guy to give you that." He winked at her as they took their seats finding that the boys were amazingly still in their seats and were actually getting along for a change.

"See, Francine," Efraim slurred tipsily. "Even he agrees."

"See what you started," Francine said to Lee. "I will never do anything nice for you again."

"That was so mean," Amanda said. "Now, he'll never leave her alone."

"Sure, he will. It's always the same old thing. He only has the guts to make a move when he's had a few, then he's so embarrassed by it the next day, he'll avoid her for weeks. I don't know what he'd do if she ever said yes. It's like I said before, a guy like Efraim could never handle a woman like Francine."

"I guess you would know, wouldn't you," She teased.

"Hey, I couldn't handle her so what makes you think he could? I'm not sure sometime that I can handle you."

"Oh, you think you need to handle me?" she quipped.

"Every chance I get," he whispered low in her ear taking the conversation in an entirely different direction.

"Wow, I walked right into that one, didn't I?"

"Mm-hmm," He murmured against her neck. "I was just thinking how Jamie's speech might have been different if he knew that just two hours ago, I was violating his mother."

"All right, knock it off you two. You have the rest of your lives for that," TP Aquinas said from behind them. When they pulled apart, He said, "I just wanted to stop by your table and personally offer my congratulations."

"Thank you, TP," Amanda said warmly.

"Although, I have to admit, I saw this coming. I had a feeling about you two going all the way back to that mess with Alexi Makarov. That was a scary time what with your own people hunting you down and all," TP said with a pointed glance at Dr. Smyth across the table from the bride and groom.

"Was that when you took off and all those agents were storming the house?"Jamie asked.

"Yeah, it was," Lee said. "But some good came out of it." He reached for his wife's hand and linked his fingers with hers. "That was the first time your mom and I admitted that we loved each other."

"Like you were telling me about when we had our talk yesterday?" Phillip inquired.

"Yeah," Lee said. "Speaking of which, how did it go with Amber?"

Phillip blushed slightly and answered, "Good. She doesn't think I'm a jerk anymore."

"Good," Lee said with a smile.

"While we're on the subject, how come Grandma got to bring her boyfriend to this party but she told me I couldn't invite Amber?"

"You know very well why, Phillip," Dotty said from behind him as she and Captain Curt returned to the dance floor. "As I already told you when you asked about it. You know that your mother's job is supposed to be kept a secret and with all the agents that I knew were going to be here, you can't exactly keep it a secret, can you?"

"That's so not fair," Phillip grumbled as he jabbed his thumb in Curt's direction. "How come he gets to know?"

"That's a good question," Lee said to Dotty.

"I didn't tell him, I swear," Dotty said. "He knew a long time before I did."

"How?" Amanda asked.

"Amanda, I'm an experienced pilot and I live in DC where government agencies are all over the place. I've been contracted a few times to fly big shots around. I've known for a long time that IFF was not a film company," Curt replied. "I never said anything because I figured I wasn't supposed to know, but then when your mother and I went out last Friday, I knew by her change in attitude that she wasn't in the dark anymore."

"Have you ever worked with the agency?"Amanda asked.

"No, but I know it exists unlike a lot of people."

"Huh," Lee said.

"Speaking of experienced pilots, it's too bad your uncle isn't going to be back in DC until tomorrow," Amanda said. "I bet he would have loved to help us celebrate."

"I highly doubt that," Lee said as he took a swig of his drink. "I'm guessing he'd just lecture me for not telling him personally."

"You're probably right about that, Skip," Colonel Robert Clayton said as he approached their table.

Lee choked on his drink and stammered, "Uh...hi...Colonel...How...have you been here all this time?"

"No, just got off the plane about thirty minutes ago," the colonel answered.

"I don't understand," Amanda said in confusion. "I thought your transfer to Bolling didn't go into effect until tomorrow."

"It doesn't," He answered. "But I got a call this afternoon telling me to pack up my gear and get on a plane, something about a family emergency."

"Well, this isn't exactly an emergency," Lee said. "I wonder where anyone would have gotten that idea."

"I'm afraid that's my dong," Dr. Smyth said with a grin.

"Your doing?"Amanda said in surprise.

"Yes, before our meeting in Billy's office yesterday, I noticed that Desmond here was having the worst time with getting any of the suits at the Pentagon to budge, so I did a little budging of my own."

"How exactly did you manage that?" Lee inquired.

"Simple, really, I just pointed out to them that you and your bride here just saved the life of a highly-decorated army general and that that act warranted a little consideration."

"Yes, but we're talking about two different branches of the military," Lee argued.

"That's the same argument that I got when I first began my attack, but you should know by now that I'm much more stubborn than even your wife," Smyth replied.

"Well, however, it happened, I'm glad you're here, Colonel Clayton," Amanda said.

"Please, Amanda, we're family now. Call me Bob," the colonel replied. When Lee gave him a quizzical look, he said, "Don't look at me like that, Skip. Anyone who can get you to settle down and behave yourself has more than earned it. I can't say that I'm really surprised, though. I had a feeling when I met her two years ago, that she was different that the other girls you used to date. I also had a feeling when she called me the other day that there was more to the dinner invitation that she was letting on."

"There was," Amanda concurred with a conspiratorial smile at the colonel. She then turned to her husband and said, "So, Skip, you never did tell me where that nickname came from like you said you were going to."

Lee shifted uncomfortably in his seat and said, "Another time."

"Oh, I can answer that one for you," the colonel said with a mirthful grin.

"I wish you wouldn't," Lee said.

"Of course, you do," his uncle replied. "But when has that ever stopped me?" He then turned to Amanda and explained, "When Lee was a kid, he had a tendency to skip a lot of things, like school, homework, chores..."

"You did?"Phillip said with a grin.

"Ok, yes, but don't you get any ideas," Lee said firmly. "Your grades need all the improvement they can get. Maybe it's time to get your mind of girls when you're at school and back on your books." Robert Clayton laughed heartily. "Just what do you think is so damn funny?"Lee said to his uncle.

"You, I think you're starting to learn a bit about what I went through with you. I remember many a time that I said the same thing to you when you were in high school," his uncle answered.

"Is it ok if I go talk to Leatherneck some more," Phillip asked. "He knows a lot of cool stuff about cars."

"And I want to go talk to Cassie some more about my photography project," Jamie said.

"Yeah, go on," Amanda answered. As both boys took off, Amanda turned to the colonel and said, "You just missed dinner, but the buffet's still set up if you're hungry. Lee, Sweetheart, why don't you go show him where it is?"

Lee glared at his wife, knowing that the colonel could find the buffet perfectly well on his own, but she was using that as an excuse to get him to talk to his uncle. When her response was to nod toward the colonel, Lee sighed and said to his uncle, "Yeah, come on," as he rose from his seat.

Colonel Clayton winked at Amanda as he followed his nephew, knowing what she was up to. "So, you're a married man now," he commented.

"Not just a married man, a family man," Lee replied.

"So, I noticed. Are you sure you're ready for the responsibility of looking after kids that aren't yours?" he asked as they reached the buffet table and he began to load up a plate.

"Were you?"Lee countered.

"There's a big difference, Lee," He replied. "I didn't have a choice. There was no one else to look after you."

"So, you've told me. Over and over again, my whole damn life," Lee said in annoyance.

Robert Clayton ignored his nephew's last comment and continued without hesitation. "You do have a choice. You chose to marry Amanda, a woman who already has two children and has been raising them for years without a father. They're going to be looking to you to be that father now."

"Don't you think I know that?" Lee said hotly growing increasingly irritated with his uncle. "I knew when I asked her to marry me that the kids were part of the deal. I worry every day that I'm not cut out for this, that I'm gonna' screw up or set a bad example for them, especially with the way that I was in the past, which by the way, I don't appreciate you pointing out in front of my kids."

"Your kids," his uncle questioned.

"Yes," Lee answered decidedly. "They may not be mine by blood, but that doesn't mean that I love them any less than..." Lee stopped short deciding he'd better not finish that sentence.

"Any less than what," The colonel probed as he turned to face his nephew.

"Nothing," Lee said turning away from his uncle's steely gaze to glance back at his wife. He smiled as he watched her chatting amiably with Paul Barnes and TP.

"I see," Robert Clayton said with a sigh.

"You see what," Lee said icily.

"When I heard about your wedding and this party, I thought you had grown up and were ready to accept some real adult responsibility, but I guess I was wrong."

"Just what the hell is that supposed to mean?"

"Come on, Lee, this is me you're talking to. I raised you. I've seen for years how you don't like to take responsibility for anything until you're forced to." He nodded toward Amanda and said, "You got her pregnant, didn't you?" When Lee was silent, he continued. "I guess I'm not surprised. As much as you used to run around, I'm surprised you haven't made a mistake like this before."

"Let's get one thing straight," Lee said his eyes flaring with anger as he turned back to stare down his uncle. "While this baby may have been a surprise, I don't consider it to be a mistake and for the record, that's not why I married Amanda."

"Isn't it? Why else would you run off and elope without telling anyone about it? The way I figure it, it's an attempt to right your wrong."

"God, you never change, do you?" Lee shouted. "You're always so damn determined to see the worst in me. Let me clue you in a little. I asked Amanda to marry me months ago, long before our baby was conceived. Amanda's only five weeks pregnant and there's nothing wrong about the fact that my wife, the woman I love, is carrying my child! This is something that we're both happy about!"

The escalating argument between Lee and his uncle had slowly been gathering the attention and at Lee's last outburst the room fell silent as it had gotten everyone's attention. Amanda rushed to his side reaching for his hand to calm him. "Sweetheart, calm down," she said softly as Lee just continued to glare at his uncle.

"Well, I guess that secret's out now," Francine muttered under her breath.

"Woo-Hoo! I knew it," Efraim crowed gleefully as he staggered to his feet, "Everybody, pay up!"

"Great," Lee grumbled.

"Look, we knew this wasn't something we were going to be able to keep to ourselves forever anyway," Amanda said. "Maybe it's better this way. Now, all our secrets are out in the open."

"Well, I think this is just wonderful news," Emily Farnsworth said to ease the tension in the room as she rose from her chair. "That gives us all just one more thing to celebrate with the happy couple." She raised her glass and said, "So, one more toast, to Lee and Amanda and their growing family."

"To Lee and Amanda and their growing family," Harry Thornton repeated as he also rose and raised his glass. This action encouraged the others to follow in kind and turn their attention from the bit of drama that had just occurred.

When the excitement had died down and the crowd had gone back to talking amongst themselves, Francine approached them, Efraim hot on her heels.

"So, Frannie," Efraim said draping one arm around her and waving a wad of cash he'd collected in her face. "What do you think now? I got enough money from the baby pool to take you out some place real nice."

"Give it a rest," Francine said as she pulled his arm from her waist rolling her eyes at him.

Billy and Jeannie arrived, flanking Efraim and Billy said, "Come on, Beaman, why don't we get you some coffee?"

Francine flashed Billy a grateful smile before turning her attention to Lee and Amanda. "So, I was thinking it's about time for you two to cut the cake. You up for it?"

"Yeah," Lee said turning his attention to his bride. Before they could get too far, he was stopped by his uncle's hand on his shoulder.

"Lee, I'm sorry," Robert said. He nodded at Lee and how he had his arms protectively around his wife's middle and added, "I jumped to conclusions and the wrong ones at that."

Lee softened at seeing the sincerity in his uncle's eyes, something he didn't see very often and he'd very rarely ever heard him apologize for saying exactly what was on his mind. "Ah, forget about it," Lee said with a laugh. "What's a wedding reception without a little family drama? Now, if you don't mind we have a date with a cake." Colonel Clayton nodded and took his plate back to the table to find a seat as Lee wrapped his arms tighter around his wife's waist walking behind her as they made their way to the cake. He then said low enough for only her to hear, "You just better behave yourself after what happened last time we were around a wedding cake."

"Me? I will if you will," she fired back as she leaned back against him, then added in a lower voice, "Besides, I seem to recall you weren't complaining too much when we were cleaning the cake mess off each other the last time."

Lee winked at her and gave her a quick kiss as they reached for the knife, cutting into the wedding cake their friends had had prepared for them. "Ok, here goes nothing," he said once they'd cut thin slice of cake and cut it in two. They then turned to face each other. Amanda picked up her portion of the cake to feed to him with a wicked gleam in her eye. "Oh, I don't like that look. You've better behave. You know I'll get you back."

"I know," she said her grin never fading as she stepped closer to him and he backed away slightly. "Now, come on, this is tradition."

"Since when have we ever done anything by trad-" his statement was cut off by the cake being shoved into his mouth by his wife's nimble fingers. He swallowed the bit of cake that had managed to make it into his mouth and captured her frosting-covered fingers pulling them into his mouth, licking the frosting from them causing her to squeal never taking his eyes off hers as he did so. Amanda shivered at the intense look in her husband's eyes as he removed every last trace of frosting from her fingers, her mouth opening involuntarily in surprise. He whispered low, "Your turn." He picked up the remaining portion of the cake and pressed into her still open mouth, and then as she chewed and swallowed the cake, he used his frosting-covered fingers to trace her lips smearing more frosting on her mouth. "Look at that," He said with a mirthful grin. "You've got some frosting right here." He then lowered his lips to hers nibbling at them with his own, tasting the sweetness of it with his tongue as her mouth opened beneath his.

Amanda linked her hands behind his neck and deepened their kiss, both losing themselves in the moment until the room filled with whoops, and catcalls, including a shout from Phillip of, "Go for it, Mom!"

Husband and wife pulled back from their kiss laughing at Phillip. Amanda picked up a handful of napkins to finish cleaning themselves up. "You've got a little right here," she said as she kissed the tip of his nose following it with a dab of a napkin.

"Thanks," Lee said his smile never fading as he continued to gaze at his wife. He took a napkin from her hand using it to wipe the remaining frosting from his fingers. They then moved away from the cake table to allow Randy's crew in to cut the rest of the cake. "So, how about another dance," he said as they worked their way back toward their table.

"Not so fast, Lee Stetson," Dotty said before he could whisk her daughter off to the dance floor. "There's a tradition that we haven't yet embraced. I would like a dance with my new son-in-law."

"Of course," Lee said with a warm smile at Dotty. He held his arm out to his mother-in-law who linked hers with his as they walked to the dance floor together.

"There is also the traditional father-daughter dance," Robert Clayton said as he rose from his seat. "I know that your father isn't here, but I would be honored if you'd allow me to assume that role just for tonight." He then offered her his arm.

"I would love it," Amanda said as she took his arm and allowed him to lead her to the dance floor where they began to dance.

"So, you finally made an honest man out of my wayward nephew," he said with a nod toward where Lee was dancing with her mother a few feet away.

"Not really," she answered. "He did it all himself. He just needed a little gentle nudging in the right direction."

"Well, however it happened, I'm glad to see it and I hope you keep nudging him in the right direction. Some of the choices he's made in his life have made me absolutely crazy."

"Like I told you before, he's his own man and he does things his own way," Amanda reminded him.

"He always has, even when he was a kid," Robert said.

"He's not a kid anymore and I really think it would benefit both of you if you would stop seeing him as such. He really is a good man, he's a good husband and he's been an amazing father to the boys. Even though we've only been married for a month today, he jumped right in and has been there for them in a way that their own father really hasn't been. He's given so much to them that they've desperately needed and as hard as I've tried to be a good mother to them it's something that was missing that I just couldn't give them and that's a stable male role model."

"Stable? Lee?"He questioned the doubt evident in his voice as he glanced again at his nephew who was laughing at something his mother-in-law had just said.

"Yes, he is. He's given up all his old habits of going out to clubs and recklessly throwing himself into dangerous situations. He comes home to our family every night and he's excited about shopping for a bigger house and preparing for our baby's arrival. You should have seen how happy he was the other day when I told him that I'm pregnant. The look of pure joy on his face when he found out he was going to be a dad...It was..." Amanda paused for a moment as she began tearing up again with happiness and the overwhelming love she felt for her husband,"...It was incredible. I hope that one day you can see that he really has grown up."

The colonel looked again at his nephew, then back at Amanda, seeing the happy tears in her eyes and said, "I think I'm starting to get the message." He then smiled at her and added, "He'd just better keep on making you as happy as you are right now or I'll have to kick his ass! Now, that I'm going to be stationed here in DC, I'll be able to do it pretty easily. You might remind him of that."

"Yes, Sir, I will," she said with a laugh.

As the song ended and another one began, Lee approached the pair, tapped his uncle on the shoulder and said, "May I?"

"Of course," Robert said. He kissed Amanda on the cheek, said to her, "Thank you for the dance," before stepping aside, turning to Lee and saying, "She's all yours, Son."

Lee beamed at his wife and said, "I know she is."

The colonel stepped off the dance floor and watched the newlywed couple for a moment. He took in how easily they moved into each other's arms, how comfortably they held each other while they danced, how Lee never took his eyes off of his bride, his face filled with an expression of adoration. He smiled and thought, Maybe he has grown up, after all.