Malcolm's Wedding

The wedding day was a perfect day in spring. The wedding garden had been pruned and prepared for the ceremony. Malcolm wore his father's tuxedo and Jaiden agreed to wear his mother's gown. She also wore a tiara that had belonged to her mother. Malcolm had never seen a more beautiful bride.







Aunt Margaret attended her brother's wedding feeling both happiness and sadness. She knew he was now an adult, he now had a wife and would soon have a family. It was time for her to move on.



Grandfather Malcolm didn't want her to leave the family home.

"Margaret, please stay. We want you here with us."



"This is your home, now, Brother. You are the heir and you must make a life with your wife and future family. I will visit you, and you and Jaiden can visit me. It's time for me to leave you."



"But you know Father didn't believe it appropriate for a woman to live alone!" Malcolm exclaimed.

"I honor our father's memory, Brother, but he is no longer with us. We do live in a modern world. You know that I have a job, so I can care for myself. I'll find a roommate if necessary, and I may even marry one day. I will be fine. Remember, you are the younger sibling."

"You are right, Sister. Thank you for allowing me to follow the path set before me. I now allow you to do the same. Go with God, Sister."

"Go with God, Brother." Margaret and Malcolm hugged each other, then Margaret turned to Jaiden. "Go with God, Sister. May you and my brother have a happy life and a large family." She hugged her new sister-in-law, then returned to the house to pack her things. Aunt Margaret left the family home the next morning.

Malcolm Returns

The years passed quickly and Grandfather Malcolm returned to his home where his sister was waiting. They greeted each other warmly and stayed up late talking and catching up everything that had happened. Malcolm was very happy to tell his sister that he had met his true love. She was going to come over the next day in order to meet Margaret. He would formally propose at that time.

Malcolm greeted Jaiden enthusiastically when she came to visit, and asked her to marry him at once.

"I offer you my heart," he said to her.



"I accept," she replied, "and offer you mine as well."

"Let me introduce you to my sister, Margaret. I hope you two will be great friends." Malcolm said, and led his fiancee inside of his family home.

Margaret wasn't impressed with Jaiden at first. She didn't dress in the family's manner and was used to worldly pleasures, items that the McBeth family did not allow in their home. After some discussion, though, Aunt Margaret blessed the union and a wedding date was chosen.

Malcolm Graduates

The day had arrived. Malcolm had gradutated high school and was leaving for college. He hated telling his sister goodbye, knowing that she had given up her dreams to study music when their mother died.

She followed him outside when the cab came, helping to carry his things.

"Write to me, and call me often," she said.

"I will, Sister. I will come to visit you soon," said Malcolm. Then he entered the cab and was gone.

The family grows up

Grandmother Trista also taught Margaret how to run the business. When she began high school, Margaret started helping her mother as a stylist. She wasn't very successful at the beginning either.

During high school Margaret met a boy. They began dating and one night she had her very first kiss.



"I'm in love!" she told her parents. "We want to get married!"

"Not until after college!" they told her, so she began her preparations for college. Thanks to her parents success in the science field, the family had the money to send her to any school she wished. She wanted to study music and fine arts, so she began practicing the piano diligently every day.

Malcolm was soon old enough to attend school as well. The family made a point to eat dinner together every day and share all of their stories with each other.



If only they knew how quickly tragedy would strike.