My sister's husband

My Sister’s husband.

Joyous celebration as my sister was about to get married, everyone was busy with the wedding preparations, I walked past the ongoing decorations down the stairs heading to my sister’s room.

I walked in and caught her in the arms of another man.

“Kate, what’s going on here?′

I slammed the door hard and dragged her up.

She gets furious and back slapped me with her other hand, “don’t you dare!“. She warned.

I held my cheeks gazing in disbelief, did my sister just raise her hand on me?

“Kate, you slapped me?“.

I asked.

“Yes, and I’ll do it again”

She answered back, grabbing the hand of the same guy I caught her with.

Kate hugged him in front of me and too much surprise had no stroke of shame in her eyes.

What’s going on?

If that wasn’t enough drama, mom walks in.

I turned and saw the displeased look on her face.

She stumped close and angrily slapped Kate, Kate falls to the ground, gasping.

“You’re so useless, haven’t I warned you about this man here?”

Mom says.

Kate rose up and back chats mom.

“No mom, you haven’t and even if you did, I will never leave, Christian”.

I stood and watched their drama, trust me I had no idea what was going on.

What kind of relationship does my sister share with the man here? Mom was so furious, that she stumped out of the room leaving me behind.

Kate turns her face and pushed the gifts sent by the groom’s family.

“Sister, tell me why are you doing this?.”

I had to understand why and what was going on, she turns and grabbed me by the hand to the window.

“Do you see that?”

She points to the huge banner hung at the gate.

“Yes I do, what’s going on?

I asked again.

Kate fixed my eyes back to her, she placed my hand on her head and said, “promise me that you’ll do whatever I ask of you?“.

Promise?.

Once again Kate had me curiously dumb, I pulled my hands back and demanded an explanation.

“Tell me, what promise?.”

I added

“That you’ll have to marry Kalyan in my place,“.

She says waiting for my response.

I couldn’t get myself to give her a direct answer, so I fled clenching my hand.

Unable to vent more of her anger on me, Kate bottled them down with a devious look on.

Mom met me coming down, she confirmed if Kate was still in her room and rode past to meet her.

I dn’t bother to hear what she might want to tell her, and so walked away.

I stepped outside and dad was seen making a few calls on his phone, he was so happy inviting his friends to his daughter’s wedding, the same person who’s willing to switch places with me.

Hours passed, the wedding began, guests came with congratulatory gifts for my family, and Kate was still up getting dressed.

I refused to go in to meet her, but unfortunately, mom had that task given to me.

I rode into Kate’s room and she turns seeing me at the doors opening.

“Welcome is, I’m still waiting for your response?“.

She says shaking her legs.

“Look, Kate, I don’t have anything to say to you and please get ready because everyone is waiting for you”.

I turned around to leave, but Kate rushed and blocked my path.

“Alina, is this how much you love me, we might not be blood sisters but remember, I made my parents adopt you and gave you a home,” she dragged me close, “you owe me, Alina”.

She added.

Is she indirectly making me feel like she helped me?

I know and still remember that Kate’s parents had me adopted due to her persistence and yes, I once had a family but unfortunately, my parent’s died in a fatal accident, people Whispered they were run over by a car that took off immediately.

I had the police investigate but there was no news, eventually, they got tried running in circles and so the entire investigation stopped.

There was no one to take care of me, my aunts and uncles all had a share in dad’s properties and refused to keep even a little of the inheritance for me.

Back then, I lived in the streets not until Kate came into my life, she was my savior, and friend and gradually became my sister.

And when she had told me, that her parents wanted to adopt me, I refused to believe it, but later on, found myself surrounded by the one thing I longed for so long.

And that was a family, her parents gave me both the love of a mom and dad, and Kate also showered me with lots of love and mostly her used clothes to wear.

Kate and I were inseparable and loved by mom and dad. ( Kate’s parents)

How do I get over the fact that I’m about to do something wrong, I’m going to switch places with Kate; no way, I can’t possibly do that to mom and dad.

“I’m sorry Kate, I can’t do that, please get out of my path”.

She shifts and I rode past her wearing a frown, I walked into the celebration and the groom and his family had arrived.

Kaylan wore his tux, and gosh he has never looked so good, I stared so much that I almost slammed my head to the wall.

“Alina dear,”

Dad called.

“Yes, dad,”

I ran to meet him handing some envelopes to me, “please go up to my bedroom and keep this inside my cupboard” he instructed.

I nodded and rushed up, I walked past Kate’s room and something grabbed my attention, I heard her talking on the phone, she was talking to flee from her wedding at any cost.

I panicked.

I wanted to barge into her room but remembered that dad had asked me to keep the envelopes still in my possession inside his bedroom.

I ran off to do so.

I came back to Alina’s room and knocked on the door.

When she didn’t answer, Immediately went down to inform our parents.

I found mom talking to some guests and right next to her, dad was also busied talking to his friends.

The next-door neighbor, Mr. Smith, and the newspaper vendor, Mrs. Mathilda.

I came to meet mom.

“Mom, please come with me?“. I said. She looks at me and asked if everything was okay. I didn’t much give her a reply and seeing that. She grabbed my hands and we walked away.

I also grabbed dad on our way up to Kate’s bedroom.

“Alina, what’s going on, why are we going to Kate’s room?“.

Mom impatiently asked me.