It was Wednesday evening and preparations for my 'Wedding' has begun
Like play like play this thing is actually becoming real
And it's not funny
I keep waking up everyday to hope that Baba would change his mind
But I know I'm just fooling myself
I was in the living room with mama and Rumaisa choosing laces
But the truth was, they were the ones choosing the laces, not me
"Hameeda, you like purple right, this will look good on you" Aunty said
I nodded without looking at the lace
Just playing with the bracelet on my arm
"Ok then, we would take this one too" Aunty told the woman
The woman nodded and she dropped the laces where the others were
My wedding date was Friday next week
I finally met 'the groom' yesterday
And when I went into Baba's living room to meet him I almost ran away
He was giving me a smile that would make a child cry
I managed to stay seated on the couch for a good hour without fainting
He was just asking me random questions and I gave short answers
I was hoping he'll understand that I didn't want to get married to him and call the wedding off
But NO!
He only seems to smile wider with every answer I gave
I also happened to find out he had two daughters
One my age and the other older than me
I was now going to be their 'mother'
That thought alone could make me cry
Rumaisa and Aunty began to choose their laces
What shocks me is that Rumaisa doesn't get the fact that I don't want this wedding, in fact she's excited
She happily lives her life while I cry my self to sleep every night
When Rabi'ah heard this news she couldn't help but cry with me when I started crying again
We have known each other since secondary school and she knows that this isn't how I planned out my life and isn't my dream wedding
Ya Abdul's reaction was the worse, he left the house and I haven't seen him since Friday
He leaves the house before I wake up and comes back when I'm asleep
I don't know why he's doing this, it's not my fault
I'm not the one forcing my self to get married
Zulaiha came in carrying a big black nylon filled with only God knows what
She dropped in beside Aunty and Aunty turned to look at her
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