The bride and the groom were at the altar, the priest started the ceremony. After a long and bored admonition from the priest, he proceeded with the other aspects of the joining.
At this point, the priest said to the congregation,
“Is there anyone in this congregation who has anything against this marriage? say it now or keep mute about it for the rest of your life.”
This was a formality observed in this congregation and its branches worldwide. It was not out of the ordinary, although some of the branches are beginning to skip this part saying that it was old fashioned.
But this priest, being an old man himself, did not and has never skipped this part in any marriage ceremony he has conducted in his 45 years of ministry.
The man looked at the congregation un-expectantly, and was to proceed to the next stage, when a woman of about 22 years of age suddenly stood up and shouted “yes, I have something against this marriage.”
The whole congregation gasped in astonishment.
Even the priest, he was old and vexed in age, he staggered and nearly fell to the ground, if his assistant was not on hand to hold him he would have fallen.
This has never happened before. In his forty - five years of pulpit ministry, he had never seen something like this.
Within this period he has been a minister, he had officiated more than 205 marriages. And had said the same thing over and over again, but no one has ever stood up to say that they have something against the couple being joined in matrimony.
This was the first time, and it was clearly shocking.
People in the congregation were whispering with each other
“Why would the priest ask such question; didn’t he know who the young man was?”
The next neighbour would reply “that question is part of the church dogma for marriages, the dogma of the church cannot be changed because of one person.”
“Well everybody knows the young man, how notorious he has been, he has broken so many ladies’ hearts.”
“I still insist that the priest should have made concession for him.” Another person insisted.
“Maybe the priest doesn’t know his stories” another chipped in.
At the podium, there was a deadly silence.
Bon-Hwa Rohan Fernando was nicknamed ‘Gravity’ by his friends and mates. He was nicknamed ‘Acada’ by his family. He was like the wind; impossible to trap, dangerous to offend, difficult to predict. He was very arrogant and full of himself.
He was tall, handsome, cold and dashing. The domineering aura round him made people breathless when they came close. He was the grandson of the great Bon-Hwa Fernando.
He was not just a play boy, but he was a wicked playboy. He had stepped on the feet of so many powerful men, and he was under threat from many angles. This is the reason this wedding was supposed to be a secret, quiet and low key wedding, but alas! It turned out otherwise.
After the first initial shock, the assistant priest quickly picked up the microphone and announced that “young lady, please come with us to vestry” the young woman was still standing up.
The young priest signalled to the couple to follow them into the vestry.
“please everyone should sit put, in the next twenty minutes, we will ratify the issue and the wedding will still go on.”
Immediately, the young woman was pulled roughly by two of Rohan’s men into the church vestry.
Within five minutes, the whole church premise was agog with the police and military men, journalists were everywhere.
Church members who were on F******k had started posting the news to F******k.
“Woman have something against the marriage of Rohan Fernando,”
“Rohan Fernando at it again.”
“Woman interrupts Rohan Fernando’s wedding.”
“When will the controversy about Rohan Fernando ever come to an end?”
They were so many headlines hitting F******k pages. People were telling their friends to stay updated.
Before the issue could be ratified, the whole country, even those outside the country have heard that some woman interrupted Bon-Hwa Rohan Fernando’s wedding.
In the church vestry, as the priests were interrogating the young woman; Monica James, Rohan was pacing the floor of the church office like a wounded lion.
His thoughts were completely disorganized.
The priest quietly asked Monica James “young woman, what do you say you have against this marriage.”
“sir, I have a child for him” the young woman replied calmly.
Rohan stood up with anger and was about to the hit the woman “you have a child for who?” he roared at the woman intending to hit her.
The priest raised up his right hand and signalled for him not to do so “young man stay calm, here is the house of God, we do not manhandle people here.” The priest said quietly in his priestly voice.
“Oh! Hell” he cursed softly under his breath as he was not allowed to kill the woman with his bare hands.
Chin Sun; Rohan’s bride was calm were she was, she was not disturbed, she was part of the party that planned the disruption of this wedding. Her own wedding.
The priest turned his attention to Rohan, Mr. Bon-Hwa, the young woman says that she has a child for you, is it true?”
“with due respect sir, I have never seen this idiot before, how could she have a child for me?” He caused the woman loudly.
“young man this is the house of God; we do not use fowl languages here”. He cautioned Rohan quietly in his priestly voice.
“Sorry sir, I do not know the woman, and besides I have never slept with any woman without protection, so she doesn’t have a child for me”.
Chin Sun; Rohan’s bride was fuming in her heart. So this is true of all she has been hearing. These embarrassments were becoming too unbearable. This was the last straw that broke the camel’s back. She had endured enough for this flirt of a man called Rohan Fernando.
She had been feeling guilty in her heart in the part she is playing in the whole scenario, but after hearing this man confess to have sex with women but with protection, she felt exonerated in her conscience.
What pained her most was that, for the past three years they have been together as a couple to be married very soon, yet he has never slept with her without protection.
He always uses protection whenever they have sex, which means he has never made an exception for her, what shows that he loved her anyways?
He sleeps with her with protection and right in her presences, he was admitting having sex with strangers but with protection.
She had simply endured enough for him and would not take it anymore. Thank goodness she had agreed to do this. She has found a more responsible man than Rohan.
While the interrogations were going on, she took permission “please I want to use the restroom.”
When she stepped out of the vestry, she saw her parents, bride’s maid, they all ran to her to find out what was going on, she flashed them a smile, but the smile did not reach her eyes.
“can I have my bag; I want to redo my make up.” She said to a girl who has suddenly appeared from nowhere. The girl immediately gave her a bag, the bride’s parents and bride’s maid were all surprised at the strange girl but were too preoccupied with the incident to think about the girl. Inside the bag were some clothes and other things for change. she took the bag and went into the corridor, trying to locate the female restroom. The bridesmaid offered to follow her but she refused. But winked to the strange girl. When she reached the corridor, looked round and did not see anybody, she took another route to the back of the church. There was an exist gate connecting the church walls and the backyard of the church. Luckily for her, the tiny hidden gate was not locked but bolted. No! it was not a matter of luck; the gate was purposely kept unlocked for this purpose. When she was a child, she always played with her friends whenever they come to church, so she knew the place very we
Chin Sun was jealous of Chin Cho because Chin Cho was more beautiful than she was. In fact Chin Cho was adjudged one of the most beautiful women in Z country. If she had gone on a beauty context, she would have won without any stress. She was beauty with brains, but she had no interest in things like that. On the other hand, Chin Cho was jealous of Chin Sun because their father only care for her. She was so annoyed with her mother for interrupting her preparation for her final exams and making her travel for more than two hours to come and hear such nonsense. She strode to the window and leaned on her elbows “am sorry mum, I would not be attending the wedding.” She said bitterly, slightly raising her voice, her anger clearly written on her face. She disliked her father, step-mother and step-sister, so she has no reason to attend that wedding. Observably, the dislike was reciprocal, her step-mother and sister did not like her either, but for her father, she can’t give a name to hi
Trying to control her temper, Chin Cho said to her mother “mom, am sorry to disappoint you, I would not be attending the wedding. First I don’t have transport fare, and secondly, I don’t have a befitting clothe.” She said hopping that she would be able to dissuades her mother. “Well you don’t have to bother about those things, I have made provisions for those things, I bought you a new clothe and I have saved some money.” she countered her daughter. Ae-Cha was very prepared for her daughter. Not that she was happy preventing her daughter from preparing for her exams, but she wanted Elvis to know that she was behind him in the family matters. It was this her character that has made Elvis to cherish her more than the other woman. He had refused every effort by Jane for him to divorce Ae-Cha, but he has sticked to her, let Jane kill him if she wants but he would not divorce Ae-Cha. Their divorce is dependent on Ae-Cha. Although, the Jane woman was smarter, sharper, and more educated
If only she had money, she would take her mother to the best medical facility in the country for treatment.But she had no money, and she was just struggling to survive in the school.She was just hoping that her mother would hang on, until she finish’s school and get a job, make money and take care of her mother.All the money the father had been given them had never been enough.Thinking of her mother’s medical treatment, Chin Cho didn’t know what else to say, she nodded, “I have heard you mum, I will attend the wedding tomorrow.”she said this grudgingly, stamping her foot hard on the floor to show her level of annoyance. She really hated the idea of going to this wedding. But she had no choice, she has to do this for her father to be really pleased to give her mother the promised money.tomorrow is Saturday, and she was hoping she would come back with the money, and on Sunday,
Bon-Hwa Rohan Fernando was nicknamed ‘Gravity’ by his friends and mates. He was nicknamed ‘Acada’ by his family. He was like the wind; impossible to trap, dangerous to offend, difficult to predict. He was very arrogant and full of himself.He was tall, handsome, cold and dashing. The domineering aura round him made people breathless when they came close. He was the grandson of the great Bon-Hwa Fernando.The Fernando family has ruled the business sector in Country Z for many generations.The Bon-Hwa Fernando Group was the number one in the country when it comes to money. And also ranked top in the world business ranking, courtesy of Rohan Fernando.The group touched all sectors of the economy; banking, entertainment, health, electronics, hospitality management such as hotels, etc.Rohan was a shrewd businessman, a dare-devil investor, very calculative and intelligent.He was not on
If Rohan Fernando had not been born into a power financial dynasty, he would have been completely destroyed because of the scandal of three months ago. But his family has maintained its financial position for a considerable time in K city in particular and Z country in general starting from his great-grandfather; Bon-Hwa.But right now under the leadership of Rohan, the business has been making waves overseas.The scandal of three months ago was enough to pull an ordinary person to the dust. But the Fernando businesses were too established to be pulled down, no matter what happened.The scandal did not affect the Fernando businesses, it only brought Rohan personal shame and embarrassment.This morning, the cathedral was parked to the brim with people.He had avoided all protocols and had come to the wedding with only three cars. He had his bride with him in one car, the best man and bride’s maid and the bodyguar
“Do you think that the issue of your having a child for him is strong enough to stop this marriage? as a matter of fact, this marriage will go on, then after the marriage, you two can ratify the issue through paternity test.” he concluded. This was final. The priest wanted the girl to stay in the church office till after the marriage, but Rohan refused. “the girl must be in police custody until after the wedding.” On the insistence of Rohan, the girl was taken away by the police. She sure will be tortured at the police custody, that would make her to tell the truth. Rohan was sure of that. The priest asked “where is the bride? Can we go back to the hall for the continuation of the wedding?” It was high time to continue the wedding, the enemies thought that the wedding will not continue. But unfortunately for them, the priest, though old was very resolute, he couldn’t just cancel the wedding on a flimsy excuse of having a child for the groom. Many young people these days, do have
When it became apparent that the bride is not coming back today, the priest suggested postponement of the marriage.“Mr. Bon-Hwa would it be okay for you if the marriage is postponed till your bride comes back?”The priest of God asked in his priestly voice.“With due respect sir, I can’t ever postpone the marriage!” Rohan roared like a lion. Even though he was trying to maintain some level of respect to the man of God.Two international catering companies had been hired to cook; one group was to cater for the stomach of those who would come to the church, while the other group was to cater for those who would come to the reception at Hotel De Tycoon.While the bride was being awaited, Rohan ordered the food to be served to everyone. Everyone in the church was busy eating and drinking while the couple was yet to be joined.Mr. Chin Elvis reiterated what the priest