The wedding

the wedding

“ oh hun, what are you doing here by this time”.

“ I couldn't sleep, so I said I should come spend the night with my baby girl, is that bad? ”.

“ no not at all. Just kinda surprised knowing how you hate driving at night”.

“well sometimes a man has to take some risks”.

“ I guess so. Come on in. ”

Ben stepped in. He waited for Debby to close the door and then he dragged her towards himself, one hand at the Pane of her neck, the other on her waist, and then he kissed her. Debby Drew herself back. “ wow, you're really acting strange tonight. I thought you said we should wait till after we're married?”.

“ did I? Ya of course, but hey, we're almost married, just two weeks left. So could we please enjoy the moment?”.

“ ok" Debby smiled and threw herself at him. They kissed passionately for a whole minute. They cleared out the dinning table, flinging everything they found on it. Ben heaved her up and carried her to the bedroom. The passion burning them didn't even give them time to take off their clothes properly. Debby tore the buttons straight off Ben's shirt. She stroke his Rob's gently in her hands, feeling the hardness of it.

They rode each other with full vigor for thirty whole minute till they passed out.

Debby woke up the next morning to an empty bed and a letter on her desk.

‘ sorry, I had to leave early. I have a meeting coming up by eight . I didn't want you up because I didn't want to stress you. About last night. It was a great experience, I pray we get to do it more often. Love, Ben. And please don't mind my writing. I had to do it in a rush, see you later. Kisses. ’.

Debby felt goosebumps on her skin. Last night had been amazing. She still felt the passion burning through her. She wished he didn't have to leave so early. She hoped she could go one more round with him. But then, they'll be getting married soon, and would have all the time in the world on their honeymoon to go as many rounds as they could manage. She smiled sheepishly to herself at the thought of it.

Debby got ready for work. She sorted out her purse to make sure everything she needed was inside. But she couldn't find the card Ben gave her for shopping for their wedding. The card must have fallen down somewhere in the house during their sexually escapade. She searched the whole house. She gave up searching after five minutes, she was already running late for work. She was going to call Ben to just transfer the money to rest of the money for the shopping to her own account.

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It was the day of their wedding. Ben was alone with Bayo, his friend and best man. He was getting dressed.

“ men, I'm so tensed. Tell me B, do you think I'm doing the right thing getting married to Debby? ”.

“ well, she's a nice girl, and i know you love her. So ya. ”

“ i hope so.” he heaved.

Ben arrived arrived at the church same time with Debby. The place was almost full.

The started with the marriage ceremony. And it was time to take the oath.

“ Do you, Debby asa, swear to take Ben Efe here, as your loving husband, in sickness and in health, in riches and in distress, till death do you part”.

“ yes I do”.

“ good now repeat the oath after me”.

Debby did. But she didn't complete it before she slumped.

Ben rushed down to hold her before she could fall to the ground.

A doctor at the church clinic was called in to check on her. He was able to revive her with some first aid.

Debby insisted she was fine, it was probably the stress she had undergone for the marriage preparation that must have made her faint. But the doctor insisted on running a few that on her before proceeding.

After about five minutes, the doctor called Ben over to his office.

“ congratulations sir.”

Ben looked surprised. “ congratulations for what exactly?”

“ well your wife is pregnant”

“ good one doc. But serious whats wrong with my wife?”

“ she's pregnant man, here is the test result. You'll soon be a father”.

“ I don't understand, how is that possible doc”.

“ ah, how will I know. You're a man, she's a woman. Or isn't she a woman”.

“ ok doc. Let me have the result”.

Ben barged into the pastor's room where Debby was, waiting for him.

“ who is the father of that child you're carrying? ”

“ what are you talking about hun? ”

“ this is the test result i just got from the doctor's office, which confirms that you're pregnant, so i ask again. Who is the father of that child? ”.

“ I'm pregnant? Wow honey, so we going to be parents”.

“ what is we. Come young lady, you better not be playing with my intelligence. You and I know I've never had s*x with you, so how can you say we?”

“ what's wrong with you Ben, did you forget when you came over to my place two weeks ago and how we had s*x”.

“ me over to your place, two weeks ago? It's like you're high or something”.

“ brother Ben” the pastor interrupted. “ could you please give me some time with your wife. Let's see how to settle this”.

“ please talk sense into her, pastor”.

Ben stepped out.

“ sister, please tell me the truth, who is the father of the child”.

Debby was already in tears. “ pastor, take a look at me, what good can I gain from lying about who the father of my child is, what good? ”

“ but your husband claims to no be the one responsible, so tell me, who do i believe? ”

“ yo be honest pastor, I don't know what had gotten into ben.”

Debby went on to narrate what happened between them two weeks ago.

Ben was seated at the hallway when a call camr through to his phone.

It was from an old friend. He was a manager at one of the malls close to his office.

“ hello Mr Ben. Sorry,. Called to confirm something. I thought today wa s your wedding day, like I should believe that you should be at your wedding center right now”.

“ well yes I am. Is there a problem”.

“ if you're at your wedding, then yes, there is a very big problem. Because there is someone here who looks exactly like you, using an ATM card with your name on it to buy some stuffs at our mall”.

“ wait a second, don't tell me your called me to play a prank on me? ”

“ I'm dead serious. Wait let me send you a picture. I have one of my sales girls stalling him. I even sent his finger scan to the police, they should be here any minute”.

Ben's phone beeped. He saw himself. He couldn't even comprehend what was going on. How did he even get his card. Wait a second. He remembered the call from Debby two weeks ago. She had sounded strange on the phone and even said some strange things about enjoying the night with him. He had swept it off as he considered it one of her usual jokes. But then she'd also talked about the missing card.

Ben felt devastated. He got up and dragged his feet to the pastor's office.

“ you were right honey, you did see me sleep with you”

Debby heaved a sigh of relief. “ thank God you've come back to your senses”.

“ but I wasn't the one who slept with you. It was this guy”. Ben brought out his phone and showed Debby the picture of the thief.

“ but that's you”.

“ no he isn't. He is my look alike. A friend just called me that he came over to their shop today”.

“ oh my God, what's his name?”

“. I don't know that yet. I'm waiting for his infromation.”.

His phone beeped. The look alike was a con artiste who was released from prison a month ago, a week before Ben gave an interview on national TV. The guy was named Charles.

Ben and Debby proceeded with their marriage, while charles saw himself heading back to prison.