The Wedding

HOLLIS

We were called into the church, towards the altar by one of the wardens. "The fuck is taking so long? She only had a dress and shoes to get into." I grumbled, checking my watch with Maxine at my tail.

"Patience, mother is here." Maxine whispered.

The news could only mean that Ugo had arrived too, since Nana and Mrs. Chike left for the house to help her get ready. I breathed out a sigh of relief.

"What about my father-in-law?"

"No sign of him yet." Max replied.

"Lexington?" I asked, certain that a roll call had been made and Maxine had been told of the people present.

"He's present, with his wife."

"It will take a lot of work to win my father-in-law over." I murmured.

"You can't blame the man, we messed up and he's got pride."

​Before I could reply, music rang throughout the church and the door opened slowly making my heart rate quicken. A vision in white stood beside my father with a bouquet of navy-blue tinted roses in her hands.

"Here we go," Maxine said. "Damn!