she knew what he was going to do , but she was n't afraid . less than two weeks later , i walked down the `` aisle , '' actually a narrow grass path through a happy crowd of people . no matter how effective this ambush is , it will stall him only as long as it takes him to force his army back into motion . it made my stomach tighten to think about it . my fingers tightened on the chain-link . her chest was to the door . 