Do You Even Realise Today Is Your Wedding?

Lanre walks towards the living room. She had a small black fancy purse in her hand.

“Lanre, what’s going on? Why are you not dressed?” Anita’s mother said seeing Lanre wearing a blue gown instead of the dress meant for the maid of honour.

Lanre was confused on what to tell the woman. She frowned, creasing her brows in the process. “Ma, I’m unwell! My period came earlier than I expected. And it is always so painful. Ify will stand in for me as the maid of honour”. Lanre said. She did not go into any stories. And from the way she looked, Anita’s mother believed her.

“I am so sorry my dear! We women try a lot. Thank goodness I will soon be done with this stage!” Anita’s mother said to Lanre. She was looking sympathetically at Lanre.

“Aunty please don’t look at me like that. It is not like I am going to die from it”. Lanre told the elder woman. They both smiled. Then the woman held Lanre and told her that they both go and see the bride.

Lanre would have refused. She wanted to, but she didn’t want to cause a mix feeling in the woman’s heart, nor does she want to raise suspicion.

The both of them went to the bride’s room. On getting there, They noticed that both Anita and Ify were struggling to get the dress on Anita.

While Anita was struggling to wear the dress and at the same time, she was fuming.

“What is going on here?” Anita’s mother asked. The two of them stopped what they were doing. They stood looking at Anita’s mother.

“Mom, the dress is not coming through”. Anita said. She was almost crying. “Let me see”. The mother said and moved closer to Anita.

She shook her head and sighed. “Anita, what is this? Do you even realise today is your wedding? Do you even want to marry Michael at all?” The mother yelled at Anita.

“Mom, what has led to that? I mean it is not my fault that the dress is not coming through. Why are you talking like I have refused to marry?” Anita asked. She was already provoked.

The mother looks at her and shook her head. She asked Anita why she bought a dress that won’t fit for her wedding if that was not her intent.

“Mom!” Anita called in shock that her mother would think of such.

“This dress was fitting the day I bought it”. Anita told her mother. The mother asked her if she tried it on.

Anita suddenly felt like she has been hit with a splash of cold water. She did not try on the dress. She just ordered it online. She saw it was her size, and that was why she bought it. But she has never tried it on to be sure it is her size.

“I didn’t. I thought there was no need since the size of the dress as stipulated was same as the size of dress I wear”. Anita said to her mother.