- Hello?
- Hi bitch," I say softly.
- Damn, girl! You leave me with no news for three weeks and you call me like this? I hope you have a good explanation!
- I'm sorry, babe. I promise I'll tell you everything, but first I have a question to ask you...
- I'm listening.
- Would you like to come and live with me?
- Seriously, girl, have you been drinking again?" she exclaims.
- No, silly.
- Aren't there enough of you already? I warn you, I'm not into foursomes!
I burst out laughing and take several minutes to recover.
- Celia, I need you," I say seriously. I need my best friend. There's so much I need to tell you," I add, my voice trembling.
- Okay, sweetheart. Say no more, I'm packing. I'll be there first thing in the morning. Love you.
She hangs up and, despite the late hour, I go to see if Godfather is still in his office.
I enter without knocking, expecting either to find him alone given the
-“Are you ready for the bouquet toss?” Célia asks me during the reception.As it is almost over, she suggests a nice transition before the meal.-“Just give me a few minutes,” I tell her.-“OK, let me know when you’re ready.”-“Honey, I need to borrow your phone, please,” I say to James, not seeing Dereck anywhere nearby.He opens his jacket and I grab the phone from his inside pocket.-“Are you going to be okay?” he asks, a little worried.-“As long as you’re here, I’ll be fine.”James: It’s Tanya. Are you ready?Dereck: I have to be.James: Come join me.I wait until he is close to
My godfather hands me my bouquet, then his arm. I hold on tightly and hear the first notes of my music. I start singing, the curtains open in front of us during the chorus, and I see my fiancé, still surprised to hear me. And even more so live, I think.I walk forward with my godfather to the rhythm of the music and I see him melt as I walk. The three boys behind him and my sisters are like fountains, smiling, laughing, and crying all at once.My godfather kisses me on the forehead and, after letting go, I take James’s hand, finishing the song right in front of him. I barely have time to put down the microphone before he grabs my face with both hands to kiss me.Télia quickly comes over to free me from the microphone and my bouquet.The mayor gives his traditional speech and asks for our mutual consent, then asks if anyone objects to our marri
Télia returns a few minutes later with the professional. She makes me a low bohemian chignon of braids and curls, into which she adds little flowers. She finishes after a couple of hours and leaves me to the make-up artist, whom I ask to do a soft make-up in shades of golden pink.Then I put on the flower crown earrings Dereck gave me for my birthday. Celia unties my ballerina and I panic.- Hey, what are you doing?" I catch her, putting my hand on the necklace.- I was just trying to help you," she says in surprise.- I don't want to take it off.- But darling, weren't you planning to wear this one?" my mother exclaims, presenting me with a double necklace I bought because it goes well with my earrings.- Yes, but I'm not taking this one off," I say, hanging up my ballerina.- B
As is often the case after a torrid night, I wake up with my fiancé in my arms, sleeping with his head on my chest and his arms wrapped around me, keeping me prisoner of all movement, our legs intertwined.I have no desire to wake him up, even though I know the day is about to get off to a flying start, and I'd like to stay like this forever in our bubble of peace and love, where it's just the two of us. But that's without counting the knock on the door.I growl and pull the comforter down over my darling's back, as if that would protect him from the moment when our bubble bursts, and I royally ignore whoever is disturbing us.It strikes a second time, then my phone rings.--------------------------------------------------------------------------Sister :Get up, bitch!
- What's the matter with you two?" Dereck asks as we enter.He had the decency to ask in a low voice, just in case.- Yes, yes," replies James. We're just having a bit of trouble realizing...- That you're getting married tomorrow?- No, that's fine," I say, pulling myself together. Do you remember the talk the four of us had last week?" I say, pulling him aside.- Yeah...James pulls out the paper that was still in his pocket.- This is what your father transferred to our account," James whispers.- Oh goddess! Can I make a claim to be the one to marry you tomorrow?" he teases with laughing eyes.- Alpha or not, you deserve a good thrashing," growls James, pulling me close to him.Dereck's laughing his ass of
The girls organized my bachelorette party on the sly and came banging on my bedroom door at 6:30 Thursday morning. Meanwhile, James was being kidnapped by the boys on the practice field, with the complicity of his students.They disguised me as a penguin! I'll get my revenge when it's their turn, that's for sure. They made me dance in the town square and drink so much - so much, in fact - that I ended up running all over town in my penguin disguise, looking for my fiancé, stopping to kiss people as I went by, then setting off again screaming his name, the girls on my heels, laughing their heads off. But they had planned it well, because I never found him.Then they made me do an obstacle course with my bulky costume, so I had to wallow more than once, cursing my sisters. They continued to make me drink and ask me questions, having previously tied me to a chair in front of a camera. They're going to reveal t