2 days later. "Are you sure about this?" Jane asked, fixing Lia's hair. "You still have enough time before your due date." Lia shook her head. "No Jane, I can feel that something is going to happen sooner or later. And if I'm going into labor, I want to be married first." Lia had called her friends and Fernando to inform them that she'd love to push the wedding forward after her visit with Dr. Baymont. She didn't want her child born out of wedlock and she didn't want to have contractions while walking down the aisle with her father by her side. "Well, you look beautiful." Lydia announced, walking into the room. "Do you have something borrowed?" Lia rolled her eyes. "Do people still stick with that tradition?" Jane gasped looking offended and Lydia shook her head. "Well of course people still follow it. We want to follow it." Lia opened her mouth to protest but Lydia glared at her. "No ifs or buts, you're doing it." She pulled out a packaged box from her bag and stretched it o
1Wedding bells"Why are they not finished yet? The wedding is about to start!" Amelia Lawson screamed, tugging her hair in frustration. Why hadn't her mother just let Jane decorate instead of these people?'I want everything to be perfect Lia.' Her mother's voice in her head replied to her and she hissed.They didn't even know their jobs. The finished decorations were tacky and sloppy looking. *Jane would have done a better job.*Amelia touched one of the roses and sighed. “Jane's would have done better.” *Perhaps there was something Jane could do before it was too late.* She thinks.Pulling her phone from the only pocket in her shorts, she dialed Jane's number and got her voicemail the first two times. 'Pick up Jane.'Jane eventually answered on the fourth ring and Amelia sighed in relief. "It's the esteemed maid of honor. To what do I owe the honor?"Amelia rolled her eyes, fighting back a smile as her best friend laughed at her sorry excuse for a joke. She would have given into
"Is this some kind of dream?" Lia asked no one in particular as she staggered backwards holding a chair just in time before she fell."I am perfectly aware of this situation, it's real-life."Even his voice sounded robotic and stoic. She was definitely dreaming, she had to be. That would mean she had misheard when he proposed, she takes her mother's place and get married to him instead."Of course Lia, it's a dream. Wake up now!" She chided herself and pinched herself yelping at the pain. She gasped and hung on to the chair for support as her legs turned to jelly.She wasnt dreaming, it was all real. Her mother was nowhere to be found and her mother's fiancée had just asked her to stand-in for her."Time is of the essence Amelia. I have important matters to attend to so I suggest we get to it." Fernando reminded her, staring at his wristwatch unaware and seemingly unbothered by her state of distress.This can't be happening. Lia shook her head violently, too shocked to scream or cry.
"The bride is going to sing for her husband." The MC announced and the guests cheered. Lia choked back a cry of protest, people were watching her, a little too closely at that. Her mother had loved to sing so she had been the one to add that bit to the ceremony. Lia didn't want to do it. Not because she couldn't sing, she could after all she was her mother's daughter. She had a beautiful voice that could move people but she didn't want to sing for him. This was all a sham, why waste her gift on a sham? "Baby, you don't have to if you don't want to. She's very shy." Fernando said beside her and Lia looked at him. She looked at his eyes, searching to find the truth in his words. "I mean it," he whispered under his breath. "Your mother had included that there despite my refusal." Lia relaxed at his words glad that she really didn't have to sing in front of all these people who believed this was real. The MC took the hint and moved on to the next item; cutting of the cake. Lia rose
Lia woke up with a start, screaming and coughing. She had been drowning in her dream. Fernando had been standing there, watching her but he made no move to help her. "Finally, you're awake." She heard and sat up quickly moving towards the head of the bed. She had fallen asleep in the wedding gown too tired to change. Fernando was on the couch watching her. How long had he been there watching her? Feeling self-conscious, she pulled the gown closely to her body as memories from last night assailed her senses.>>>>>>>"It's our wedding night, Amelia." Fernando said as he walked towards her. Lia wished the wall would magically grow a door so she could disappear and never show her face again. If wishes were horses…."How should we celebrate it? I have don’t have to go to work tomorrow, since I’m the boss. So technically, I have enough time to spend with you.”“Newly weds do have honeymoon after all.” He added chuckling. Lia shivered and pushed back against the wall willing it to move a
"Are you getting that?" Lia asked raising her head up, Jane nodded scurrying off to the next section.Lia chuckled and looked down at her phone. She couldn't believe how much had happened and it was just 3pm.>>>>>>>>>>Jane had been all worried about Lia falling asleep at her house thinking that for sure, Fernando was going to raise hell.Lia had been scared too, no terrified was the appropriate word. Fernando was being way too nice for someone who had promised her nothing but pain and suffering on their wedding day."Why didn't you wake me earlier?!"Lia jumped off the bed and raced into the bathroom turning on the shower. Water poured from the shower head and she set her hands under it, splashing some on her face.She couldn't believe she had slept off last night. Fernando was going to have her head for it and she didn't blame him.He gave her the chance to spend the day doing whatever she wanted, and she misused the opportunity.She shivered turning off the shower, bending her hea
"How long has she been missing for?"Lia gave Jane a look and sighed. "it's been two days. Can you find her?"She was trying not to get upset at this man but he was testing her patience. He had been asking irrelevant questions. Wasn't the job of a Private Investigator to find the person? What did it matter how long the person has been missing for?"Can you find her, Brian? George wouldn't recommend you if he didn't think you could." Jane squeezeed Lia's hand as she spoke, trying to calm her down."I apologize for my earlier behaviour ma'am. I just wanted to be sure you knew what you were doing." At Lia's raised eyebrows, he sighed. "I have had clients who only wanted to use me. Anyway, I apologize.""It's okay. How long do you think it'd take to find her?"Brian adjusted his glasses and looked at her mother's picture sitting on the table. "It shouldn't take long. A month tops.""But I need to find her as soon as possible." Lia sighed and Jane sent Brian an apologetic smile."I'm sure
"Lia wake up!" Jane stormed into the room and pulled the covers off her friend's body. "Prince charming is here."Lia opened one eyes and groaned. "Too bright, it's too bright.""Get up woman, your man is here.""Please let me sleep." Lia begged, shutting her eyes turning on her back. Jane sighed and walked off mumbling under her breath."I'm so sorry, she's fast asleep and it's usually a pain to wake her up in the morning." Jane smiled apologetically. Fernando chuckled and rose to his feet."I don't want to disturb her. Let her sleep. I only came to see if she was awake so we could go for breakfast at the restaurant."'This idiot!' Jane thought and smirked as an idea slipped into her head. "Give me a second, I'll have her ready.""I don't want to.." Fernando tried to stop her but Jane was already making her way into the bedroom.He chuckled again, shaking his head as he took his seat. She was a character, he could see why his wife was friends with her.His wife. This was all crazy, i