after all the information they have gathered, Roman turned a blind eye, he wanted the wedding to go on, the wedding is going ahead.
the relatives were here, from Roman's side, the bride's dad hasn't arrived yet, but the preparations went on, the decor was beautiful, yildiz insisted on doing a small thing, so the community wasn't invited, they only invited a few important people, and the clever part was not to introduce the wedding to the gods, it would have been a disaster indeed.
during the course of the day, it was just normal, the preparations were going perfect, the bride had no say in the preparations, she wasn't that interested, she agreed to everything the planner said. later around three pm, it was time for her to walk to her husband, she had to wait an hour again for her father, he arrived then she was taken to the alter, Roman was waiting nervously for her, Randy beside him, but the seer refused to take part in the wedding, he took his family out, after such a long time, so they had to hire a priest.
they said their vows, but they never got to wear heir rings, the police came and took Randy aside
"what is wrong?" he asked
"we are sorry to pop in such a beautiful day, but we came with bad news my king" the officer said
"what is it?" Randy asked
"your father killed himself in the ward yesterday, we found him hanging" the officer said
"you found him hanging?" Randy asked
"yes my king" the officer said
"how sure are you that he killed himself, why now?" Randy asked, his voice got everyone's attention
"there's a camera in every ward, and by the time he hanged himself the prisoners were taken out for activities, he refused to participate and remained inside, we only checked the cameras after we found him dead" the prison warder clarified
"so my father is dead?" he asked
"I'm afraid so my king, he left this for you" they handed him an envelope "it's a letter he wrote, we are sorry we had to read it first" the wardener said
"you may leave" Randy said and collapsed, the crowd ran to him, his relatives took him inside, thats when they found out about the death of the previous king. the wedding had to stop.
"I can't believe your grandfather had to kill himself when I'm supposed to be enjoying my day" Afet said angrily
"what did you just say Afet, what kind of a person are you?" Roman asked
"I should have been your wife damn it, take me to my house" she shouted
"keep it down Afet, and you're not going anywhere, everyone is here, you also need to be here as the daughter in-law, stop being selfish we can always have another wedding sometime during the year" Roman said approaching the door
"immediately after the funeral, I want to get married, we are going to the home affairs" she said
"you're crazy" Roman said and banged the door behind him
he went down to sit with his relatives and Afet's father with his wife
"how is Afet?" Kofi asked
"she's angry" Roman said
"oh my word, this must be hard on her, we understand" Kofi said
"let me take her to her place, I'll be back" Roman stood up
"no, no my prince, she needs to be here with you guys, she's your wife to be after all" her step mother said, her father nodding in agreement
"she's really no use here" Roman said
"she will be useful, one way or the other, she's not leaving this place" Luke said
Roman looked at how Luke was worked up then kept quiet
"my king, you need to go to the prison to take your father's spirit, the king has fallen, and this must be done before the end of this day, move it" Randy's aunt said
he stood up, Luke followed, with the same aunt and his father's cousins.
yildiz was left with her side of family and a few from Randy's side
"my child I think we should leave, we will come on the burial day, please take heart" yildiz nodded and walked them out.
when she came back she found afet screaming, shouting at her step mother
"Afet sit down, and keep quiet" Roman said
"you don't tell me a thing Roman, you should keep quiet and stay out of this" she said, she was a bit reddish from all the shouting
"what is going on?" yildiz asked
"your daughter in-law is angry at her mother, apparently she's the one who cursed this day" Kofi said rolling her eyes
"and you saw it fit to stand in my living room, I'm my house, I'm my yard to open your mouth, speak so loudly with no respect towards your mother in front of my family?" yildiz asked, "your in laws?" she added
"please don't interfere yildiz, this is my family affairs" she said, called yildiz the queen by her name
"little girl, do you realize that this is the queen you call by the name? are you out of your mind, who raised this girl?" Randy's cousin scolded
"my bad, my queen, but I don't want this woman here" afet said
"afet I think you should leave, Roman take your girlfriend out of my house, now" yildiz said
"we'll go with her" her father stood up
"no sir, stay, you're our guests, please stay" Kofi said also standing up, "let me show you to your room" she took them both to the rooms in the cottage outside.
"Afet were you always like this?" Roman asked in the car
"I'm just worked up okay" she said
"you know why I fell in love with you? I loved for your calm personality, we fought, I've wronged you but not a single day I've ever heard you talk in that tone, I'm scared, I mean if this is the woman you are then I'm afraid there won't be another wedding" Roman said
"I'm sorry my love, I'm just worried, people will laugh at me, my mother never wished me anything good, she's here to laugh at me also that's why I want her gone, besides, this was supposed to be my happiest day Roman " she said crying
"I know, and I'm sorry that my grandfather died, a person whom I'm related to is the reason why this wedding had to stop by choosing this day to die, I'm so sorry for his selfishness okay, I'll try by all means to prevent bad things happening in your days, okay?" Roman said with a clear of anger on his shrieked face
"don't put it that way, he died and that's bad, but this is my day, you need to fell sorry for me too, I'm sorry about him, it's not like you had a relationship with him, you can just burry him then marry me" she said
"really? okay fine, I'll do that" Roman said, she didn't get the sarcasm in that, she squinted in happiness, Roman shook his head, he parked by the gate then said
"out, I'll see you after the funeral" then drove off, he went back home and asked to talk to his mother
"mom I'm sorry about my girl's behavior, she's just hurt" he said
"really, or she's showing you her true colors?" his mother said
"mom, I know she went a bit over, but she's not like that" he said
"Roman you don't know the girl you're marrying, we tried to talk to you before the wedding but you refused to listen, you will get hurt, keep defending her like this, you'll regret ever falling in love, believe me" she turned and left him there, the seer came rushing
"I came as fast as u heard about your grandfather, I'm glad your sham of a wedding dodnt happen" he then got inside
Roman sat there thinking of everything he went through with afet, he wondered if he really loved her or just cared, then suddenly he also felt relieved that the wedding didn't happen, he knew that he rushed, so this is his second chance to learn the woman he claims to love that much, he then got inside.
the whole night he's been turning and tossing, he couldn't sleep, he was even afraid to close his eyes, he felt as though there was someone watching him, he woke up and walked downstairs, his father and Luke were drinking theor whisky, he also poured and sat next to them
"at your age?" Luke asked
"I feel so damn old" Roman said
"you should, with the devil you're about to marry" he said
"uncle Luke please, not this again, I don't know where.you got all this theories at but please" Roman warned
"fine, a man is a man through his mistakes" Luke said
"no, a wise man is the one who listens to warning, gaige them" Randy said
"also him whom.." Luke was about to talk
"okay, i heard you, and I will not marry her anytime soon, I may have acted out of ..." he was disturbed by a knock, he went to open the door, then Afet's father came
"sit down, are you guys okay?" Randy asked
"we are good, but we are planning to leave tomorrow, we can't be here any longer" he said, he seemed uneasy