Guest bride
"Oh Lord, God of Israel! No! The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, now Israel! ",Meredith wept. It all looked gloomy, bleak, dark and dreary. Why would not it be when her beau was going to marry her bestie?
Meredith was really down in the dumps. That morn, Marcello., a half Italian, half Nigerian, was going to marry Dawn, her supposed best friend!
Marcello and Meredith had dated for five solid years. They had gone through the ups and downs of.a relationship together. They had fought and broken up, they had kissed and made up.
So what then could have happened?
She had even had gone as far as imagining him proposing to her, at the Bahamas. As honeymooners, they would lounge at a penthouse. During their honeymoon, she would put her fingers into his long beautiful hair, while he would whisper to her that she was the only girl in his world, on Earth, even in Planet Mars. She had never known she had been crying for the pretty stars! Infant, long had her daydreams always been, that it had made her mama take the pain of knocking the bathroom door, telling her to come out as she had stayed in there for at least an hour, fifteen minutes! She would then scurry out, three minutes later, with soap all over her back, making her rather amused mother call her teasingly, iyawo
She had really thought Marcello was her TRUE love. His parents knew hers and hers, his. Her Miss Charming dreams had become truncated, when Marcello had walked into her office and told her he was going to marry the next month, her best friend, or her erstwhile best friend, Dawn
How she had got home had been a testimony she would have loved to share. She had just found herself in a hospital, with a perky psychologist sitting close to her.
"You have to take life easy, mon cherie. People come, people go. Definitely, he 's not the perfect man. Your Prince Charming, your bone of your bone and flesh of your flesh, will find you ',she had told her, trying to be reassuring,with a gigantic smile, almost as fake as her nails!
Nah! She did not want Mr. Perfect. She wanted Mr. Real ;Mr. Marcello. He had his flaws, yet she loved him and his dog
Yet a week later,after she had been discharged, she had decided to let it go. As he had shattered her heart into pieces scattered abroad, she would rather concentrate on her banking career and make some lemonade out of the awful lemons life had thrown at her face
Yeah, shit happens!
But a day did not pass without her remembering her love. As for Dawn, she cut off from her. Dawn however did not seem to care or even notice
"So she had been screwing my husband, no, ex, this whole time and I never knew? Wayo girl What a nasty hypocrite! Scatter yansh...!"
(Sorry for the vulgarity)
She took her career as a rebound. She would work till exhaustion
Shane was cute, he had even asked her out. But she had flatly refused
She still was in love with Marcello,;he still found his way into her dreams
Infract, on the night before the wedding, she had dreamt that they were living together with four kids
He would not even go!
She had woken up that morning, wearing a face, as long as Mississippi River. She shared a flat with Maureen Maureen was a childhood friend of Meredith 's and a good friend of Marcello 's
Mehn "her bouts were coming again. Today was Marcello 's wedding
"Edith, are you not gonna get dressed? We shall be late for Cello 's wedding. Come on! '
Maureen managed ti get Meredith up. Meredith got dressed and looked hot, after being coaxed by Maureen. The duo then set out for the marriage ceremony.
The wedding venue looked classy. True ,Marcello was affluent. The place was exotic. Meredith wondered why they took the back way, into the hall. It was at All Saints Anglican Church, the church, her family and Dawn 's attended
"Here comes the bride "played softly, as Meredith entered the church. All eyes were on her. She and Maureen were ushered to the front. Her betrayer was there, quite alright, looking Oh my gosh! But you wait a minute! Where in the world was Dawn? Hmm hmm, she was even late for her own wedding?
Whatever
Duhhhh!
Suddenly, her heart skipped! She came face to face with Marcello. He looked ad angelic as ever. Their eyes met
He walked up to her
He knelt on a knee, brought out a n expensive dazzling ring and said, looking affectionately into her eyes, "Meredith Wallace,will you marry me, here and now?? "
What the heck was happening?
She turned and saw Dawn in the congregation, waving at her,cheerfully. She was next to Ned, her boyfriend
Then it dawned on her
Marcello had "tricked "her. She was his bride. She then saw her parents, sitting where the bride 's people should. She saw other family members. Aha, there were his Nigerian mum and Italian dad.! They all looked beautiful and happy. It was no wonder he had not shown her the invitation card. Her name would definitely be on it, as the bride
And her parents had been surprisingly busy
Dawn was a faithful friend, afterall
They all had played on her,she thought, smiling
His stare at her, brought her to reality. Yes, he awaited her answer. He looked scared. That amused her
And then, Maureen too had cliqued up with them! She had made her wear a bride like white gown. She had made. Meredith buy it a week before, much to Meredith 's reluctance
Today, she looked lovely and sweet
She did not even check the mirror
She must look like a bride
Yeah, she was the bride!
Today was April first
"Yes, Marcello Diether,I will marry you ",she said looking into his eyes
His facial muscles relaxed. He put the ring on it, stood up and kissed her
Everyone clapped, as the wedding commenced
She was the happiest April fool ever!
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