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At a walk-in wedding chapel, a simple tying of the knot

Their appointment was for 11:30 a.m. The bride arrived first at the storefront wedding chapel, amid the discount businesses and fast-food shops of Woodland Avenue, with its red carpet and cherub statues out front. Dressed in a deep-red sari with gold accents, she sat in the vestibule next to her friend and trembled, then giggled at her trembling, as she waited for her husband-to-be. Engaged two days, he was a few minutes late for their plans to elope.

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