Lekki Sisi - S01 E78

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Lekki Sisi - S01 E78

Read Story: SEASON 1 EPISODE 78

I stared at my friend, curious. ‘What is it?’

She moved closer to me. ‘Can we get married on the same day. I want us to have it in record that we got married the same day. You know, both of us starting this marriage journey together will be fun. Patrick is fine with this.’

‘Your wedding is just two months away. I can’t get married in two months Tola.’

‘We can move it to November, if you want.’

I wrapped my hand around Tola’s neck. ‘Girl, you’ve been waiting for years for this day. Adding another four months doesn’t seem reasonable.’

‘It’s fine by us. November is almost here. We actually thought of November 17th.’

‘We?’

‘The three of us.’

I stood up and laughed so hard. ‘Wait, I just said yes to Patrick this morning. How did you guys already fix my wedding date?’

‘Like I said, it’s just a suggestion. You can say no, even though we will like for you to say yes.’

‘I have to call Patrick.’

I dialed Patrick’s number. Tola tried to distract me by blowing air into my ear. I stood up and moved towards the dining table. She followed me. I moved back to the living room. Tola pulled my free hand.

‘Tola stop!’

Patrick came on the other line. ‘Hello, my dear queen.’

‘Don’t queen me abeg. How can you fix my wedding date without my consent.’

‘Sweetheart, it’s not like that. We were just brainstorming and ehm.. you know…we thought you might like the idea. If you say No, we have no choice but to accept on your terms.’

I chuckled. ‘E ku ise o. Una weldone.’

‘Is that a Yes?’

I didn’t respond immediately. Tola was tickling and winking at me. I could hear Wale in the background singing, ‘My soul says Yes, says Yes.’

‘You can think about it, if you want. There is no pressure, Tinuke.’ Patrick said softly.

‘Yes. November 17 is fine.’

Excited, Tinuke held my waist and pulled me across the living room. My phone flew out of my hand and landed on the floor. As I crawled to pick it, Tola jumped on my back and began to jerk my waist back and forth.

We hung out that night, stopping at Funmi’s house to pick her up. I had fun. It wasn’t until midnight that we returned to the house.

Everything went very fast. My introduction ceremony where I finally met Patrick’s parents. My trips to Balogun market for my wedding accessories, selection of hall for the event, the pre-marital counselling sessions in church, Shade’s wedding in Abuja, our visit to my mum in Akure, my meetings with clients. I felt like my life was on a spindle.

I visited mum again shortly before my wedding. Dad had sent a huge amount of money for mum to start a Montessori school. Our pure water factory wasn’t making so much profit and mum decided it was time to take a path she’d been dreaming of. We sold the factory and bought an old building in a swanky area in Akure.