Smart

Anita could not say a thing. But from her looks, it was obvious that Lanre had vexed her with her words. Yet, what can she do? She will have to let Lanre help her even though she does not trust her. And she was beginning not to like her. Of course you can’t like who you do not trust. Neither can you trust who you do not like.

Anita pulled the dress and handed it over to Lanre. “Besides, the bride is not supposed to dress herself on her wedding day. What were you doing trying to force the dress on you?” Lanre asked but got no answer. She smirked. She did even need an answer from them.

She looks at the dress turning it inside out. Then she laughed in her mind.

“This dress is made to fit three body size. It has a zipper inside. All you have to do is unzip the inside to get your size of the dress from where it seem to be too tight”. Lanre said, announcing the nature of the dress to them. She unzipped it. If not looked closely, no one will notice the zip inside of it.

Lanre handed the dress over to Anita. “Aunty there is nothing wrong with the dress. She bought her exact size. Just that it was made to adjust to a bigger size or fit a skinnier person”. Lanre said. Then she told Anita’s mother to try make up for calling her daughter a fool on her wedding day. She let the woman know she had offended her daughter.

Lanre wanted to go on with the lecture of being careful with the words one says, but that was not the appropriate time for a lecture.

“Asawam! Omalicha! Your mother is sorry! You know I want this wedding to work. Please forgive your mother ok!” Anita’s mother said apologising to her daughter. Anita was already moody, so she could barely say anything. She just nodded her head.

“Do you still want the make up on your face. We can do something within ten to fifteen minutes”. Lanre said.

Anita looked down. She shook her head telling Lanre to forget about it. But her mother insisted.

“Have you seen your bridal train? All the girls are looking lovely. I just saw them not too long ago. If they look lovely, why should my daughter the bride look like she has just been chased out of her husband’s house like our great grand mother’s of ancient times?”. The mother said.

Then the mother asked Lanre to go ahead and do the make up.

Ify had to help in bringing Anita’s make up box out.

“She is smart! If Joseph returns from the Switzerland, I will make sure they are connected. This is the kind of daughter in-law I want to have”. Anita’s mother said within her heart.

Joseph is her second son and the immediate elder brother to Anita. But he was not going to be attending the wedding, because of he had an important business to finish over there before he returns.