A lush Hawaiian sunset spread across the horizon, hues of pink and red. Theo waited at a pavilion at the water’s edge. Dressed in a tux, he stood beside his father and a half-dozen friends. Most of them, even his father, were fellow ex-Marines. The Honorable Judge Luke Caldwell had agreed to come to Hawaii and marry them again. As an Air Force Academy graduate, he’d been the subject of plenty of friendly teasing from the Marine contingency. “You’re looking a lot better than the last time we did this,” Luke commented. “Nice to see you in a tux instead of a hospital gown.” His long-time friend, Jack Marshall, was eyeing him with a look of bemusement. He tilted his head towards the guests seated in chairs. “Nice crowd,” he drawled. Theo sighed. If he’d expected some ribbing from Jack, he hadn’t expected it just moments before he was going to retake his vows. “Twenty four adults, two babies.”
