The New Year Evening : Phase One

ASSUMPTIONS

Every thing that happened in the story took place in a day. Also the wedding ceremony started by 4:30 PM, 1st January 2019.

Am sure there are mistakes, just grab the message we are trying to convey



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READ: INTRODUCTION

Phase One

Stacy could hear the distant applaud rolling in the background, with a casual smile and a blank impression on her face; she stared through the window into the horizon, buying time to catch her feet.

It was like any regular evening and everything was going just as it should, but deep down stacy was in a cold war against this sinister feeling that had suddenly engulfed her.

Though nothing bad had happened yet and there was no grounds for the fear and suspicion that griped her, she was sure her instincts has never failed her and definitely wasn't about to. Why wasn't she just in her mood this very evening, she wasn't supposed to be sitting up here all alone while everyone else was busy having a nice time and enjoying themselves in Uncle Ben's anniversary party.

Uncle Ben had been like a father to her from day one, and his wife late Kate, (ever lovely and caring lady Kate) who picked George from the streets where he was living off meal tickets and doing odd jobs just to pay for his University education. Thinking about George and how they had made it through had time together made her shudder into tears.

He was a lovely, hardworking and determined young fellow ( obviously why she fell in love with him almost at first sight) who had never missed an opportunity to put a smile on her face. Finally they were going to be together, just like he had promised her six years ago when they met in the university, out of his love for her he had scheduled their wedding for tomorrow (New year's evening ).

All she ever wanted was to tie the knot with George, but don’t know if she was prepared for it or not. Their wedding was in less than 24 hours time and yet here he was at Uncle Ben's 20th wedding anniversary running around like an errand boy, he hasn't even noticed that she had disappeared for close to an hour now. George had promised to stop by this his mummy's boy attitude of he's towards the Ben ikeji family when he proposed to her almost a year ago and so far it had proven to be the one promise he couldn't fulfill.

      Lying in bed, she could think of nothing else but George, not even the constant giggles and laughter from her friends in the next room ( who had come to keep her company) could not interupt her drift into hallucination. She was completely invisible, staring deep into herself and reminiscing over thoughts that were gradually taking breath away from her. 

The IKEJI family have been of great help to George of which he should be eternally grateful, being the child they never had was not too much for appreciation, but putting them ( especially Uncle Ben ) as utmost priority at her own expense was definitely not what she bargained for. Before proposing to her George had informed Uncle Ben of his intentions ( to her own irritation ), and even when she accepted to marry him, he went ahead to disclose their private wedding and honeymoon plans to lady Kate and as if the IKEJI family knew how much she hated it, they started engaging George more often than they used to, calling him at odd hours and getting him to do office work when he was supposed to be spending time with his wife to be. 

Now, few hours to their wedding, George cancelled his bachelor's party just to attend their 20th wedding anniversary ( and the George she knew wouldn't trade anything for that party). As if he just wanted to spite her, he also decided to stay back after the party to do what he called “a few finishing touches”, what the hell was wrong with George, is he ever going to grow some balls and man up for once in his life?, Couldn't he just say he was tired and needed time to prepare for his own wedding rather than sit back and do after party meetings at someone else's wedding anniversary. All these thoughts flashed through Stacy's mind, making her doubt the “ happily ever after” married life she had always dreamt of. She wasn't sure she was going to have the courage to say “ I do ” when the time comes. Shaking these thoughts off her mind she resolved to remain positive and hope for the best. It was already twelve minutes past midnight when she looked at the clock, almost immediately, she closed her eyes and was drifted into wonder land.

      After what seemed like forever, Stacy finally opened her eyes, by her countenance one could tell that she had drifted in the opposite direction to wonder land. She had just awakened from the worst nightmare of her life, dreams after dreams, of doves in the church and the sanctuary ablaze, dreams where the presiding minister was a mommy wrapped in sack clothe. 

She was in a fix, not sure of what to do or how to feel, as haunted as the dreams she had were, she was most terrified when in the last one the Reverend asked her to take her vows, lo and behold, standing before her was Uncle Ben. 

Terrified, she sprang to her feet, hoping she hadn't overslept and missed her own wedding. She looked at the clock, and to her amazement it was just 12:30 am, shock of her life. What the hell was going on, was it the clock or was her mind playing games with her. She picked up her keys and ran downstairs making, her friends run after her. 

She was in her car in no time and hit the road before anyone could get close enough to find out where the hell she was off to at this hour. Driving down town her mind was occupied by the events of the previous night, by her dreams, the fact that she saw herself standing on the alter with Uncle Ben instead of George whom she loved an cherished so much. 

Close to tears, she pulled up at Ben's apartment ( where she had come a few hours ago with her fiance for some God forsaken wedding anniversary ). Determined to find answers to her ever growing curiosity she made to enter the building, but on a second thought she changed her mind, George couldn't possibly still be here by past midnight, she was going to drive straight to his house hold him in her arms and cry her fears to him. 

Whether it was bad luck to spend the night together on your wedding eve, she was ready to damn the consequences, all she wanted now was to empty herself in George's arms away from all the tears and scares of life.

CREDIT TO XARAJ