Get Me Married

Chapter 9: Pre_wedding drama

about it had given me sleepless nights. Then everyone wanted me to spend enough time with them before I got married, making it worse to have some time alone. “Whooaaa, calm down girl” Tiana said and sat down next to me. “Are you okay?” she asked and I sighed. “No….I am getting married faster than I ever thought I would, to a total stranger who has a weird dad and a sweet but scary mom…thank you but I am not fine” I said and sighed in frustration. Tiffany sat next to me and patted my back. “It isn’t all that bad, you like Jordan don’t you?” Tiffany asked and a faint smile spread across my lips. “Yes…I do. But it’s different knowing him in person. It’s also different living in the same house with him. I am not ready to be married, I am scared as hell and being a Chase is much more than just being a Connor. I wish I could pause the wedding for a while or a year rather” I replied and placed my head on Tiana’s shoulder’s. “I am sorry you have to go through this. I wish I could stop this all, but I can’t. You are indebted to that family and this is the only way you can pay back for now”Tiana stated the obvious and I sighed deeply. In as much as I loved the money and the attention. Though I enjoyed everything and liked Jordan Chase a little, getting married in such a short time was making me pretty nervous. It was my life after all and getting married so fast was never part of the plan. “It’s going to be fine Genesis, it might be all terrible at first but I am sure it will be fine” Tiffany added. And then I realized they had no idea of what to say, neither did they know how to comfort me at that point. We remained quiet in that position when my dad knocked thrice and peeked through the door “Good morning pumpkin” he said with enthusiasm and smiled at me. “Good morning dad” I replied and his smile disappeared. “Is something wrong bluey…” he asked and I rolled my eyes at him. He only used the name “Bluey” with me when he wanted to trick me into doing something for him but this time, I wasn’t so sure why he had called me that. He walked further into the room and T_squad immediately sensed we needed a father_daughter time and left the room. When they left, dad sat really close to me and cleared his throat. “What is it?” he asked worriedly and I sighed again, it seemed that was the only thing I could do. “Do you think I will make a good wife?” I asked instead, not knowing where I could start the conversation from. “You have been an amazing daughter to us for as long as I could remember. Being a wife won’t make you different, I am sure you will be a perfect wife” he said comfortingly. “But what is the problem?” he added, sensing that my problem was deeper than just being worried about being a perfect wife. “Everything is happening so fast, I am just scared” I confessed and it was his turn to sigh. “You know…each time I think about the situation that led to this marriage of yours I feel completely useless and guilty……” “Dad….” I interrupted, my heart breaking at his word “I feel guilty, I wasn’t a good enough father. Maybe if I had worked harder and made more money, then your life wouldn’t have turned out this way. It hurts so much but I can’t do a thing about it” he said and a tear slipped away from my eyes, his words made my heart heavy with sadness. “It’s not true..” I tried saying but I knew he was suffering and he acted like he wasn’t and no amount of words could change what he thought of himself. “Dad..don’t ever feel that way. You did all you could and that alone made you the best husband and father any one would ask of” I tried comforting him in the least way I could think of. “Let’s call this fate, there was no way you could have changed it” I added and wrapped my hands around him, hugging him as tightly as I could. He reciprocated and kissed my head. “We can stop all this Bluey…just say the word and I will look for a different way to pay the debt, I can stop…..” “Noo…..” I interrupted and pulled away from the hug We were living a better life because of the wedding and our new relationship with the chase. Mom and dad had never been happier and Ava, my little Ava was going to live as a normal kid without having to suffer as I did. She didn’t have to remain in the street or be exposed to things she shouldn’t. She could laugh and have friend’s who wouldn’t look down on her because she was poor, she could have lunch, dinner and breakfast respectively. I wasn’t going to let her suffer as I did and there was no way I could take away this life of luxury from my family. I loved them too much to do that. At that point I decided, if sacrificing my dreams, my goals, my freedom, my happiness was the only way to keep my family happy and away from poverty, then I was going to do it and more. “Are you sure?” he asked and looked into my eyes so I wouldn’t lie. “Yes… I am” I said boldly and smiled at him “I love you a lot you know….” I said and he grinned at me. “Actually I don’t know..” he teased “Dad…..” I called outrageouslyand I pouted. He chuckled and pulled me into another hug. “I love you too Bluey….” He said and placed a kiss on my head. “The car is here…they have been outside for an hour now” he said and I pulled away. “What car?” I asked and he grinned at me. “Mrs Chase had so much to do. So she sent two cars with escorts that will take us to the hotel” he explained and an ‘oohh’ escaped my lips. That was my queue to get ready. I got up and took note of my bag that had been packed up already. I quickly had my bath and ate my breakfast, there was no way I was going to leave without eating, I knew that leaving the house that day was going to change everything for me. I knew that I was not going to return to that house as a single girl anymore and I had to eat my mom’s food because I didn’t know when I was going to have a taste of it again. It wasn’t like I was going to die, neither was it like I was traveling far away.  I was just emotional and such thought didn’t leave me. After eating, I came out of the house, there were four cars and I saw men on Black suit bowing down to me. It felt weird and completely off, seeing them that way reminded me of how powerful the family I was getting married to was. My sister already hopped into the first car, followed by my mom and dad. One of the guards opened the door of the second car and bowed while I hopped in followed by Tiana and Tiffany who didn’t stop shrieking out of excitement. During the ride, I felt I was going to have a panic attack. The news about Jordan’s wedding was everywhere and I was still nervous. I made up my mind to actually go through with the marriage but that didn’t stop me from being scared. Being a chase was like a burden on my shoulders. The attention, the media, I knew my life was not going to remain the same after the wedding. And though Jordan had assured he wasn’t going to force me into doing anything, I was still nervous about our wedding night. I wasn’t so sure he could keep to his words. Hours later, we were in one of the prestigious and luxurious hotels in the state. It was a two hours drive to the hotel and I was slowly feeling a cramp on my butt before we arrived. I watched as Ava jumped out from the other car and shrieked and that alone gave me enough joy to push through with the marriage. I alighted from my car and get pretty weird with all the security guards around. They escorted us in, my parents and sister has a different room, Tiana and Tiffany also had a different room and I had a suit all to my self. When the door was open, mom Leona was in there with some ladies I had never met. “There she is…” she said proudly and as usual, spread her arms for a hug, which I respectfully obliged. “Here she is…isn’t she just beautiful?” she asked the ladies and I smiled shyly at them. “She is….” They responded and smiled at me “Well…get to work, make sure you would start preparation today and figure out what would suit her and make her beauty more bold okay” she instructed and they inclined their head to her. “The gown should be here by morning, make sure the decorations are going pretty well, I really don’t want to have Jordan on my neck” she added and I stared at her confused. My gown was supposed to have arrived, and Mrs Leona had said the decorations and every other thing were already taken care of. We had just few hours to my wedding and it seemed like nothing had been arranged. “Gown? What gown? I thought the gown arrived days ago and….” I had to ask. Mom Leona turned to me and gave me a smile. “Jordan made some last minute changes….in