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Our marriage ceremony was tomorrow, and I was really on edge now. I had no idea why, because I knew that this was the woman whom I wanted to spend the rest of my life with. But I could not shake my damn nerves. My mom was already here with her husband, and they were staying in a hotel this time. I was on my way to meet up with them, because they were going with me to do the finishing touches on Jakiyah’s wedding gift from me. I just couldn’t wait to see her face when I gave her my gift, as a whole lot of love had gone into doing this for her.
My mom telling me how proud she was of me was one of the best feelings in the world. I had really thought that our relationship was going to be strained after I found out that she had kept from me the fact that I had a twin brother, but it had just made it stronger. My father was the one who was acting all brand new with this wife of his. I really didn’t understand why that was, but like I said, if he wasn’t in attendance tomorrow, I was done. Once I had done everything with regard to Jakiyah’s wedding gift, I told my mother that I would see her at the church tomorrow. Then I headed to the hotel where I was staying until I saw my beautiful bride at the church tomorrow.
Chapter Fifty-Six
Jakiyah
I stood at the entrance to the church, feeling nervous as I held on to Ty’s arm and trying to calm myself as we waited for the music to start playing, our cue to move down the aisle.
“Are you ready?” Ty asked me as “You Are,” by Charlie Wilson, began to play.
I tried hard not to cry and mess up my makeup before Qua saw me, but it was hard not to cry when I saw him as he stood up there, looking so handsome. As soon as his eyes met mine, I knew this was the man whom I was supposed to spend the rest of my life with. I swear, I was in a daze throughout the entire ceremony, until I heard the pastor say that we were now husband and wife and that Qua could kiss his bride. I was so lost in the kiss that I didn’t even realize that everyone was clapping and waiting to snap pictures of the now married couple.
When we left the church, I thought that we were going to go to take pictures with the wedding party, but the limo pulled up to a house instead. The house was beautiful. It was a two-story brownstone, the kind that I had always dreamed about owning one day. When I got out of the limo and saw Qua holding a SOLD sign in his arms, the tears fell. He put the sign down and picked me up and carried me into the house. When he put me down, I was in awe, because the downstairs was already furnished. It had a big sign that read WELCOME TO YOUR NEW HOME. I couldn’t stop my tears from falling. This man right here is truly amazing, I thought as I took it all in.
“Do you like your wedding gift?” he asked me.
“No, I love my wedding gift. And to think I got you only a gift card to Macy’s,” I joked.
After Qua gave me a tour of the house, we left to take pictures and then headed to the reception to get our party on. Besides having my son, this was the most amazing feeling in the world, and I couldn’t help but wish that my father was here to share my special day. Qua tried to act as if he didn’t care if his father was here or not, but I knew it was a front, because he was so happy that his dad had made it to share this day with him. As the night came to an end, we thanked everyone for being here to share this day with us and for their gifts.
We then kissed Chase good night, because he was going back to the house with my mother. Qua and I weren’t going on a honeymoon, but we were going to spend the night at the Peninsula Hotel. There we were going to enjoy each other and end our wedding night by making love as husband and wife.
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