Marriage Established

"Let me come with you, Mark," Jon said as he followed Mark into the bathroom, and when they came inside, they immediately saw someone in his 50s throwing up in the stalls.

And on the side by the toilet, Jon could see a bottle of the Ultra Strength Pill, and he could guess that it must have been the work of Luke because he had tried to sell him the bottle of pills before.

15 minutes before...

"Hey, there, sir," Luke was spotted by the priest from the distance as the priest was about to go to the bathroom.

But what made the priest stand out to Luke is the attire that the priest is wearing, 'I bet that guy has some money. Maybe I should try to sell him the pills...'

"You are?" In his old age, the gentlemanly priest looked at Luke with interest, thinking it was probably somebody who knew him from before.

"My name is Luke," he extended his hand and smiled warmly, "I see you have encountered some problems?"

"Some problems?" The priest was caught in a blind because the question immediately grabbed his attention.

Luke patted his back and gave him a knowing glance with his eyebrows, "Oh, we are both guys here. What is so embarrassed. I already know."

"You already know?" The priest was surprised as though a stranger had found out his secret he didn't know and when he did tell him before.

"Of course, sir, it is so obvious," this is one of the tricks that Luke had tried on many people he had con before.

And the trick is to appear as though you already know the secret that the person is hiding, as you're part of the secret already.

"Alright, I did drink too much water before I came here today, and I kept using the bathroom," the priest said with embarrassment, "my old age makes it difficult for me to hold it in anymore."

'So that's your secret,' Luke thought before saying, "Well, I think I have something to help you with your little problem here, my friend."

Luke immediately took out the bottle of pills, "These pills I had used before and helped me immediately with a problem like yours."

"Oh?!" The priest's eyes shined with happiness as he felt like he had found his answer.

"Since we are friends, I'll give you a discount; I will only charge you $99," Luke said.

"Here you go," the priest said with happiness, handed Luke a hundred-dollar bill, took the pill in his hands, and went inside the bathroom.

...

While Luke, from the stall next to the priest, came out wearing the new outfit that he 'borrowed' from the priest.

'This outfit looks pretty good. Looks fancy. Maybe I can use it to act as a priest when picking up the girls at the bar tonight,' Luke thought to himself as he examined the collar.

But all these plans are ruined when Mark pulls Luke from the stall, thinking that he is the priest, "Fiona! I found our priest!!"

"Priest?" Luke said with surprise realizing he was being mistaken for the real deal, as he got pulled out of the bathroom.

"I'm the real priest," while another inaudible voice came from the stall in the bathroom; the reason it is inaudible is that a puking sound interrupted the words.

When Fiona saw Luke dressed in priestly clothing, she had an eye of suspicion, "You're the priest? Aren't you a bit too young?"

Luke was about to tell the truth, that he was not the priest, but when he saw that Fiona was taking hundred dollar bills from her pocket, the words immediately became stuck in his throat.

His eyes are still looking at the dollar signs on the bills, "Of course, I'm the priest you hired, don't think that I am not a good priest just because of my age."

"Even priests need to have qualifications now," Zack asked; he had always thought that a priest needs to get a certificate.

"Will Mr. Priest, you better come up on stage because the wedding is getting late," Fiona rolls her eyes while giving him the hundred-dollar bill.

"Yes. Yes, of course," Luke said while licking his lip slightly as he held the dollar bill, thinking inside, 'today is my lucky, found two idiots who believe in my lies.'

On the wedding stage in the middle of the apartment, a man is wearing a suit and holding the microwave, "Hello ladies and gentlemen; I am the building's owner. Thank Jorge and Jessica for creating such a beautiful wedding today. Making today an auspicious day as the first couple to get married in this apartment building."

Jorge and Jessica, who were in their wedding attire, looked at each other with love and affection as they heard the building's owner congratulate them.

"To express my goodwill and well wishes, I have decided to give any couples that rent our apartments a 50% discount on all expenses as part of their rent," the owner told everyone in the audience, and people immediately applauded this decision, "secondly I will grant one wish to the couple."

Luke and Mary, who heard that the rental expenses were cut in half, immediately stopped their freeloading and looked at each other.

In their hearts, they already know what the other is thinking, 'Let's pretend to be a couple to get the new amenity provided to all couples.'

On the stage, Jessica looked at Jorge and exchanged glances before announcing to the people attending the wedding, "We have to thank the building owner for building a place that allowed us to meet, and all our friends that had brought us so much happiness."

Christina, Mark, Jon, and Fiona looked at each other with a smile. As much as they had brought happiness to the couple, their friends also brought joy to them.

Friendship and happiness belong as one, and true happiness doesn't just belong to one person.

Happiness is many things, but it is never a sacrifice on one side. Happiness is brought to everybody involved.