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As the young lovers arrived downtown, dressed in their wedding-day finest, ready to pledge lifelong devotion, they found chaos swirling around the Wake County courthouse \u2014 police circling everywhere.<\/p>\n

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Any marriage celebration encounters some hiccups, but this couple found their courthouse shut down for a double shooting<\/a> in the alleyway off Fayetteville Street, canceling all business for the day.<\/p>\n

Love wouldn\u2019t wait. And neither could Grandma.<\/p>\n

As they fretted and paced outside, up walked a random ordained minister \u2014 ready to rescue the day.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll marry whoever\u2019s out here,\u201d said Angela Davis, a deputy clerk in her day job. \u201cThey let us out of the courthouse early, I think I\u2019m still certified, and here we are.\u201d<\/p>\n

With that, Rebecca Stewart and Billy Khantawong marched across the street to Nash Square with their families and friends, where Davis signed the paperwork on the matron of honor\u2019s back with a borrowed pen.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe just always try to choose joy,\u201d Stewart said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is how we\u2019re going to attack life,\u201d her new husband chimed in.<\/p>\n

Stewart and Khantawong have known each other for 20 years \u2014 since their days at Broughton and Athens Drive high schools, respectively \u2014 but reunited at a Spill Canvas concert at Lincoln Theater.<\/p>\n

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Stewart\u2019s cousin recently married, and at that ceremony, her 87-year-old grandmother gave them a not-so-gentle shove toward nuptials. A more formal celebration will follow later.<\/p>\n

But even with the occasional siren, the couple\u2019s kiss sent the day soaring past the day\u2019s turmoil \u2014 a burst of humanity that nothing could stop.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re married,\u201d said Stewart, taking in her new husband in his crisp blue suit. \u201cI\u2019ll be dipped.\u201d<\/p>\n

With that, they retired for celebration drinks across the street at Whiskey Kitchen, and they invited Davis along.<\/p>\n

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Later on, she told them.<\/p>\n

She still had two couples to marry.<\/p>\n

This story was originally published May 22, 2026 at 3:33 PM.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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