Islanders (Nigerian) #3

Chapter Twenty Seven

   "Stop thanking me, Azeezat"  Marcella said as she stepped out of the car. Mide ran out of her house in a robe " the make up artist are from my aunties company so they have a non- disclosure form signed"

     She stood in front of the large fountain in the middle of Mide's driveway when Mide got to her and hugged her

 
"Hey Girl" She said as she planted a peck on her cheeks "is that Azeezat?"
   Marcella nodded and she collected the phone and put it on speaker
"Where are you!" She yelled
"I am on my way" Azeezat said back excitedly. "I can't wait to see you guys"
    
     "Let's meet at Mide's house okay" Marcella said

"Okay. I will notify Jeff. See you soon"
  
      Marcella admired Mide's make up as they walked hand in hand into her house.
"You look like you are a housewife from the fifties" Marcella mocked her as she touched her hair that were rolled up.

"King's housewife" she said back "your dress is amazing"

"Thank you"

 
      As they walked to Mide's room, Marcella couldn't help but be worried about her whole life and the truth she had just uncovered. She had changed her mind last minute to come to Mide's house when they were about driving into the gates of Grandfather private estate.
     They would all be expecting her. The party and donations never starts without her in attendance.

 
  She would make them wait- she thought as they entered Mide's room.

 
        "Oh my god!" Marcella screamed as she covered her eyes "King what the hell"

 
     "Oh my gosh I am so sorry" Mide said after she walked in behind Marcella, laughing as she took in the awkward situation of her boyfriend lying on her bed naked with confidence  and Marcella screeching away.

 
"This is just disgusting" Marcella said as she walked out of the room with Mide laughing loudly behind her.

"Common, Marcella" he yelled as he laughed
  
"I didn't know you were bringing her up . You just ran out"  King said as he wore his pants and strolled over to her. He grabs her by the waist before plaintiing a kiss on her lips.

"We should go after her" Mide said breaking the kiss as she caressed his chest.

      Marcella sat on a lounge chair in the foyer as maids passed by greeting her.

 
  She still couldn't believe her eyes. She had seen King naked. He was the first male she would see naked other than her younger brother. She couldn't help but admire him despite the annoyance that all of her firsts with men were not willingly like her first kiss.

 
   It had been ten minutes since she had been sitting here waiting for them. 

 
   "We are so sorry. Nothing happened"  Mide vouched. Her hair had been let down. It fell into standing curls on her shoulders. she wore a champagne gold dress that hugged her body. Kings hand on her waist and they looked like the perfect couple. He got to the end of the steps before her and held out his hand for her, just like in the stories.
   
"Oh please"
"Marcella, honey" King said with the British accent he rarely spoke with as he patted Mide's hair " I apologize for not being a gentleman"
"A child is what you are"

      They all sat in the foyer talking about random things to while away time as they waited for Azeezat to come.

 
     It was getting late. They stopped talking when they heard car engines. They stepped out and stood on the front porch, watching the boys act like boys. They drove around the water fountain twice. Shouting before they stopped.

 
   The way the Islanders celebrated the charity function like it was a thing of joy.. like a wedding or something other than the remembrance of death.

KT, Fredrick, Ethan and Ibrahim all stepped out of their individual cars. Cars that were now parked next to the ones that brought  Marcella and the ones that escorted her, Kings car and the cars that belonged to Mide and her mother, they all made the driveway look like the show room of a luxury car dealership.

 
   They all wore black suits that made them look more like the men they would one day grow to become.
      
"Who invited them" Mide said before she and Marcella turned to look at King who flashed them a grin.

      They sat around the foyer and maids waited on them. "Is this a before party or something" KT said as he loosened the button of his suit before he sat down next to King

"No it's not" Mide said as she sat on the arm of the chair next to king who had his hand on her waist.
  
     "Is she coming?"Ibrahim whispered to Marcella who was taking a snack from the mini snack bar the maids  put together for their sake. she held a glass of low alcohol wine in one hand.
   "Yes she's coming, Ibrahim" she replied him, her attention undivided from what she was doing.

"Okay. Thank you" He said. She could tell he was nervous.

    " hey" she heard Ethan say from behind her

She looked back at him blankly before resuming what she was doing. She had stood up to focus on the bar when he sat beside her on the two man couch. The whole room had fallen silent as everyone else watched out for what was going to happen between them. They had sat beside each other awkwardly like a couple at a therapist office  before she awkwardly stood up and walked towards the snack bar.
 
"I am honestly sorry about the other night. I had a lot of things going on and I had just discovered something the truth about "

The door came open and Azeezat came through,  seizing the little attention Ethan must have recieved.

       The dress she picked out for her looked as beautiful as she had pictured it to look on her. It was very similar to hers yet it was still very different.

 
     "I am sorry, please excuse me" She walked away slowly towards Azeezat.
"You look so beautiful"
"Thank you" she replied as they hugged

"What about your mom"
" She's in the car"
"Let's not keep her waiting"
        
    
"Good evening ma'am". Marcella said as she pipped into  the car to great Azeezat's mom.
"Good evening" the woman replied with a shaky voice before silence engulfed them
"You look very beautiful tonight" Marcella said to break the ice "and again I am sorry for the other day"

"There's no problem. Thank you for inviting us"

 
   She nodded swiftly before signaling for Jeff to leave.

 
    "We will meet you at the party" Mide yelled as she got into a car with King.

 
   She took a breathe of relief as she finally let herself feel again. The hurt the pain, everything.
    The three cars she had come with drove up to her and she got into the one in the middle. The driver waited for her to signal him to drive off as she sat in.

 
    She was exhausted for some reason as thoughts of Demi enveloped her.
"Where is he now" she thought to herself under her breath. She sat up "lets..." she managed to say before she gets cut off by the sound of someone opening the door of her car.

"Move over" Ethan said

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