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Star
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Following the wedding and the horrible kiss Uncle Howard picked me up once again.
"It's time for us to finish this now, Astraia. You are my wife, and you know what that means don't you?"
"Yes, Howard, I know. I am so happy that you are finally my husband."
"That is just what I wanted to hear." I heard the smile and laughter in his voice then as he carried me back toward the stairs that we had come down before. Slowly, just as slowly as before, Uncle Howard climbed those stairs back to the room we had left.
