"Father, this is Roy. Roy Griffin. Roy, this is my father. Roy's... Roy's my boyfriend," she said softly, her voice barely audible.
Roy tightened his grip on her hands as he stood beside her, feeling proud to be able to introduce himself as the man who had won Beverly's heart.
They stood there a little longer, Roy and Beverly both talking to her father and each other before they moved on and he took her to his grandparents' graves and told her stories about the four of them.
Only then did they return to his truck, and he drove her over to her house for her to eat her Easter meal with her mom with the promise that tomorrow would be theirs together.