CHAPTER THREE

That night after the party some guests left some slept in the guests rooms,soms was sleeping in his room, when suddenly soms felt someone touching him,he immediately jumb off the bed and switch on the light.

Soms:oh my God Rita.(he said surprised).

Rita: What happened?

Soms: oh (he took a sign of relief) Am sorry I forgot you were here, I almost had an heart attack.

Rita:Am sorry if I scared you, do you want me to leave.

Soms:No,no it's okay,am not just used to sleeping with someone.

Rita: Well I am here now.

Soms: Yes, you are.

Rita : Alright come.

Soms off the lights and went back to bed.

The next day soms woke up, he touched his bed to know if rita was still there, but he wouldn't feel her, he then opened his eyes and looked around.

Soms: She's not here, was that a dream? (he said to himself).

Soms did what he normally does every morning, getting ready for work, after that he went down stairs to dinning room and saw his family there, And now all the guests were gone,oh and I left out a little detail,soms mother Adaego uses the wheelchair, he walks to his mom kisses her on the forehead and then sat down to eat.

Zara: Good morning brother.

Soms: Good morning, wow you guys I had the strangest dream last night.

Adaego: Tell us about it.

As soms wanted to talk rita walked out from the kitchen with their food.

Rita: Good morning soms,how was your night.(but soms didn't reply as he was shocked when he saw she was real).

She serves them their food and heads back to the kitchen.

Adura: So what's your dream about?

Soms: Wait is Rita really here?

Muna: Was that your big dream, You thought she doesn't exist.

Chetachi:(she uses sigh language, is the 5th daughter and she is dumb but not deaf). you are crazy.

Soms: What did she say?

Adaego: She said you are crazy and she's not wrong, how can you forget that she is here and you guys are getting married this week.

Rita: This week?

Rita came,then she sat to eat.

Adaego:Yes.

Rita : But why, isn't that too soon.

Nneka:Too soon, there's no such thing as too soon.

Rita:Soms,is this okay with you.

Soms:Yes, they can do whatever they want.

Adaego:Ya He doesn't really have a choice,he did made us a promise.

Rita: What promise.

Muna: That if he ever finds a wife,we will have to plan everything anytime we wanted.

Soms:Ya I did say that, well I better be on my way, you girls do want you want okay bye.

All:Bye.

Soms left.

Muna:So his gone, now let's plan, the wedding has to be on Friday.

Rita: Friday, but Friday is like in two days time.

Adaego: Friday is always a nice day for a wedding,we shall start the planning immediately.

Soms arrived at his office and met Jason (akin)

Jason: what are you doing here Mr Jaylen

Soms: to work of course

Jason: I thought you are getting married

Soms:so....?

Jaylen's phone rang it was his mom and picked.

Soms: hello mrs Adaego what's up

Adaego: What's up is that you have to come and take your fiance to get her wedding dress.

Soms: wedding dress, don't you think it's too soon.

Adaego: You know I don't care about your opinion on this right?

Soms:Gee I wonder why, I mean isn't it my wedding,am sorry mom am busy can't she just have to go by her self (just then Jason yells in the background).

Jason: He's not busy.

Adaego: I see you are trying to escape your duties.

Soms: It's not even my duty(he took a deep breath) okay okay fine I will be right there tell her to get ready.

Adaego:Thank you.(the call ends)

Soms: I feel like am answering too many calls lately and Jason did you have to expose my lies.

Jason:Ya 😊 sorry I just had too.

Soms: You know sometimes I ask myself am I truly the owner of J fashion or is Jason not Jaylen.

Jason laughed,Soms left laughing at his own joke,he drove off to his house,as he arrived there he was waiting for rita just then his phone rings.

Soms:it really feels like am answering too many calls lately.

He picks the call it's bayo.

Soms:Hey married man how far na.

Bayo: Married, I have showed Titi the video oo.

Soms: What did she say or do?

Bayo: She begged me so much.

Soms: So did you forgive her?

Bayo: Forgive who I dey craze, I have told her after your wedding we are getting a divorce.

Soms: Divorce,shey he don reach that one?

Bayo:Yes oo, after that I will look for another fine bebe,thank God I didn't have a child with her, she can marry her boss for all i care.

Soms: Well you deserve to be happy so be happy my friend.

Bayo: Amen oo my brother, speaking of happiness, are you happy marring that girl,forget say she get everything, I mean you don't even know her, she might be a psychopaths.

Soms:No be only,i just know that fact that she knows me.

Bayo: Are you really buying that story, are you even sure it's true.

Soms: I will just have to figure that out (He saw Rita coming towards the car) She don dey come,we wan go buy wedding dress.

Bayo:Then come to my place,we have fine wedding dresses you know na.

Soms: Okay we dey come.(the call ends,rita enters the car).

Rita:Hi.

Soms:Hi, so I was hoping we go to bayo's place they have the finest wedding dresses in town.

Rita: That's lovely but I have a friend we can go to.

Soms:Am sorry did you just say a friend,in Nigeria.

Rita:Of course.

Soms: But how, according to you, you haven't been to Nigeria before.

Rita: Well according to me, it seems you have forgotten everything I told you about me in Canada.

Soms:Ya I guess so

Rita: 😊 well once every year my family and I come back to Nigeria after the holidays we go back,we don't have a house here so we stay at hotels, that was where I met Jax bills.

Soms: Wait, Jax bills,as in THE Jax bills, you are friends with him.

Rita: Yes I am.

Soms:Holy cow I have to call Bayo so he can come too, let's go to bayo's office, he will be so excited.

The arrived at bayo's office and call him down and he came.

Bayo:Hi Rita, come in.

Soms: Come in,oh boy leave that thing, do you know who is Rita's friend.

Bayo:Beyonce.

Soms:No not Beyonce.

Bayo:Then who.

Soms:Jax bills.

Bayo: Shut up, are you kidding me right now(he sounded excited).

Soms:No man we are going there right now so I figured you'd like to come with us.

Bayo: Heck ya of course, let's go.

They entered the car and drove off but Rita was on the wheels, soon they arrived.

Rita:We are here

They got out of the car and into the building.

Bayo: I can't believe am going to meet jax bills.

Rita: There he is (jax came to them)

Jax bills: Rita darling it's been so long (they hugged)

Rita:Yes how are you.

Jax bills: Never been better,Mr Jaylen what an honor to meet.

Soms:(they shook hands) An honor to meet you too, this is my friend.

Jax bills: How could I not know bayo adebayo, the great wedding dress designer (bayo and jax shook hands too)

Bayo:Wow it's such an honor to be known by you Mr Jax.

Jax bills: Well the honor is mine bayo, Rita I have the perfect wedding dress 👗, you must try it, Julie please get them something to drink.

Rita and jax went into the dressing room,then bayo and soms sat and waited while they were served wine, they both waited for a while, just then jax came out.

Jax bills: Okay prepare to be amazed, Mr Jaylen I give you Rita your wife to be.

The cotton was slide open and there she was Rita in a wedding dress looking as beautiful as ever, the dress was very big and very white with some pink designs,it looks like very beautiful,soms and bayo stared for a while.

Bayo:Wow Rita you look so good, so cute, so beautiful,am running out of words,hey soms say something.

Soms who seemed lost in thoughts just walked out.

Rita:Soms,soms, where are you going.(she calls out to him)

Bayo: Don't worry I'll go talk to him.

Bayo ran after soms,whom was already outside.

Bayo: What the heck man,why did you leave like that,hey soms are you okay?(soms stops).

Soms:Am not sure bayo, all this was just a lie not to get married but she just came out of the blue and now I'm suppose to marry her.

Bayo: But I asked you if you were okay with this at the party.

Soms:Look man I was not thinking straight, I didn't know what to say to my mom and sisters, they are my world and I didn't want let them down.

Bayo: I won't say I understand you, but am here with you every step, I will keep an eye on rita,soms everything will be alright,if you don't want to marry her,then don't.

Soms: I just have to, I don't want to hurt my family.

Bayo:Then I am here for you when you need.

Soms: Thanks bayo you're like the brother I never had.

Bayo: What do you mean, I am your brother, but I guess mother didn't tell you.

They both kept quiet for a while and then boost out a very heavy laugh.

Soms: You no well, do you know you're a phyco right.

Bayo: I know, but know this am here for you anytime,any place.

Soms:Oh stop it you're been so emotional right now, let's go in before you try to kiss me.

They turned and saw rita coming towards them, she came to them.

Soms:Hey Rita I am so sorry, I didn't mean to walk out like that,am so sorry.

Rita: It's okay if you don't want to marry me, I get it you just met me and don't know anything about me.

Soms:No I want to marry you, I was just so happy because I never believed that I was ever going to be lucky in my life.

Rita: Really?

Soms:Yes really, you are perfect.

Rita: Thanks, so I'll get the dress if you love it.

Soms: I do, There pay for it yourself (he gave her his credit card).

Rita:Yes, thanks.

Soms: You know the code.

Rita:Of course I do, I've used it before.

She ran back to get the dress.

Soms: She knows the code?

Bayo: Maybe she really does know you.