7:00PM
Cecelia we are going to be late, I told you to have your makeup artist over on time but you decided to stall by an hour...now see. You know how much Victony is going to nag.
Honey! Can you relax? Is it not my twin sister? I gat Victony I said pulling him closer before placing my lips on his. Okay? I slapped his chest playfully before backing up to get into my dress. As I approached the car, I could feel his preying eyes on me and I blushed. "You look absolutely ravishing babe" He commented and I blushed hard, my perfect set of teeth flashing beautifully. You can say that again. He scoffed before he turned on the ignition and off we were to my sister's opening ceremony.
Pardon my manners, my name is Cecelia Miller, daughter and heiress of the Millers', soon to be wedded bride of Jake Alistair. (LoL) just kidding but really myself and Jake got something going on which you will soon find out anyway, if you have not already guessed correctly. Right now, I am staring dreamily at him as he parks the car in the open space, a kiss on my forehead and he gets down to help with the door. Once the door is open, I am already surrounded both at my right and at my left by who else if not paparazzi? I slid out gracefully with Jake's support as we both entered the building... my twin sister's just opened cleaning agency. I see her maneuvering her way through the crowd and I could feel Jake's hand tense in mine. I chuckled and warmly squeezed his hand.
I pretend to be fuming too as I glare right back at Victony, then all of a sudden as if planned we bursted into laughter catching Jake by surprise. What took you so long? You missed the main part, you promised you will be here on time and you Jake why didn't you drag her here before now? She said pretending to be mad at Jake as she pointed towards him threateningly and she was getting her results as Jake was taking her rather too seriously.
Relax! Victony giggled... Come over here, dad is in the other section with his guests and you won't believe who he is trying to matchmake me with. I tried to stifle my laughter but failed terribly earning a glare from Victony while Jake jabbed me in the waist. Ouch! Fine...who is dad trying to get you to be with me this time around? "A Chinese suitor" she whispered and I gasped What! You don't say. Dad? Chinese suitor? He is over there, just go say hi to him with Jake okay? As for me I can't stand them. I patted her shoulder and left with Jake.
Clinking glasses with a few gentlemen, I sighted him and decided to wait till they were done but then he saw me and excused himself. If it isn't my Cece he said proudly pulling my cheeks. Dad let go...you are going to ruin my makeup.
Oh sorry! He said patting my hair.
And my hair, it took my stylist three hours to get the curls and bangs just the way I wanted it to be. Come on! Can't I touch my baby? To him it was almost as if Jake was invisible. Dad! Jake is greeting you...wishing he will be a bit nicer to him.
Oh my bad! I just wanted to pay attention to my heritage first and as for you shouldn't you be busy at work?
Dad! I called, Well....well...I decided to take time off to celebrate family, my profession comes after family. My dad faked a laugh and then turned to face me. If you will please excuse me, I want to say hello to CEO Kingsley and his family. His son is the heir to Kingsley's clothing brand, you might want to say hello too.
Dad! Come on now I am well aware of who he is but I am not interested. I didn't ask whether you were interested or not he said before walking away. Come on babe let's go get ourselves a drink I said tugging Jake's sleeve.
Throughout the night, Jake kept downing one glass after the other, I could tell he was upset. I wanted to stop him but didn't want to create a scene before we made the headlines the next day so I let him drink...one of the terrible mistakes I made.
8:15PM
I managed to get him through the back door as soon as it was getting dark with Victony's help of course. Are you sure he can drive? She asked seemingly concerned and I nodded. Another mistake I made that night. He has a high tolerance...don't worry and send the rest of your guests off. Congratulations sis! I hugged her before she left us.
Jake? Babyyy? Are you okay? He bent near the car and started to throw up. Okay! I tucked my hair behind my ear, you are obviously not okay, I patted his back gently as the stench of his vomit filled my nostrils. When he was done, I gave him my handkerchief and helped him get in the back seat. You just relax I will get the driver.
9:47PM
It was getting late and the driver was still nowhere to be seen, I already drove the car to a corner down the street from the public's eyes but now the corner was starting to look creepy as I was almost alone except for the drunk man with me. My toes were starting to hurt in the heels I had on so I took it off and threw it on the floor, I sighed in relief as I took turns to rub my feet.
The one night I allowed my aids to have a swell time, all these decided to happen. Arrrgghhh Cecelia relax! Take a deep breathe I said to myself as I managed to calm my nerves but then my eyes caught something My Giuseppe Zanotti heels! the gold design. I just ordered this pair last week because of this function and the design on the left heel already came off? I picked it up trying to attach it back, I am so sorry for treating you harshly i spoke to it lovingly as if it was a baby. Seeing it won't stay on the heel, I threw it away angrily and hissed.
Can this night get any worse? Enough is enough! I will show those puppets at home who is boss. I shut the back door before getting into the driver's seat, the journey back home wasn't so smooth but I was finally relaxing as we were almost home, when Jake jolted up and still in his drunken state grabbed the wheel and steered it to the left. It was within a twinkle of an eye, the last thing I saw was the time fixed in the car as my head hit the steering. It was exactly 10 minutes past 10 (10:10PM).