Happy Never After - Episode 3

The lake house was just as she had expected. It was a white painted house decorated with beautiful white lights all over the fence. Alicia had seen the picture days ago but now, she was glad to finally be seeing it.

“It is really beautiful,” she said to her husband who was driving.

“Wait till you get inside,” he whispered to her with a slight chuckle.

He drove into the compound which opened immediately as they approached the gate.

When he was finally out of the car, she caught her breath at the splendor of the house. The compound was very large with fashionable shades of white walls surrounding the landscape. The walls were so high that the most curious passer-by would not be able to see through. Flanked on each side of the wall were beautiful flowers and ornamentals and imprinted on the walls were beautiful artistic designs.

“This is so beautiful, Daniel,” she whispered.

“And it is perfect for just the two of us,” he replied as they finally get in.

He opened the door with a bunch of keys and led her straight in.  Even though Alicia didn’t particularly know the sort of business her husband was into, except that he was a businessman, she couldn’t help but wonder how he actually made from the business. But just as he had said, she would know everything in due time

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. The business was after all, business.

“Oh! Daniel! This is going to be the best honeymoon ever!” she said, kissing him on the lips while he laughed.

“Well, Mrs. Daniel Johnson, would you like to go the bedroom?”

“Yes, very much Mr. Johnson.”

**

It wasn’t their first intimate time together but it felt as if it was the first time. He touched and kissed her at the right places and the sparks were there, just as it had been there at the first time.

Finally, he rolled off of her and excused himself to use the bathroom.

While she lay on the bed, feeling quite satisfied and happy on her wedding night. She decided to go through her phone, to read the countless messages people must have left for her.

There were several tagged pictures of her on Facebook as well as several messages, congratulating her. She knew she couldn’t go through all of them that very night. She would have to do that the next day and other days. For now, she needed to enjoy herself and her newly wedded husband.

While she waited for him on the bed, her mind drifted back to how everything had started.

**

“You know you can’t keep punishing Fabian for having an interest in you and being shy to talk about it,” said Faith to her, one night as they prepared to sleep. Faith was her closest friend who had stayed with her family since they finished High School together.

“I do not even know what you see in him, Faith, if you like Fabian so much, why you don’t go out with him?” she asked, going through her Facebook request on her phone.

“I am not interested in him, Alicia. You had an accident and he did everything to help you get back on your feet…”

“Because he is a doctor,” added Alicia, sounding a bit angry. “He got paid for it, didn’t he? Why are you making it a big deal?”

“Because it is. He did more than took care of you, he made sure you got the best care and look at you. Now that you are out and well, he just wants to have some time to get to know you. I see the way he looks at you anytime I accompany you to have your regular checkup.

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. This guy is helplessly in love with you, why won’t you consider  him?”

“He is really not my type,” replied Alicia. “He doesn’t fit into the list of men that I would like to have a relationship with and please, tell him to stop sending me a friend request on Facebook, I am not interested in being friends with him.”

“That ridiculous list have a list of ridiculous items. You are judging him by that?” Faith asked in horror.

“Yes, I am. I do have specific things I want from a man, okay? And FYI, I am not a small child; whoever I agree to have a relationship with must be ready to take me to the altar.”

Faith sighed. “You  can at least try to get to know him first.  You may never know if he possesses any of those qualities in your damned list. You don’t even have a boyfriend, so what is your excuse?”

“But I do have a boyfriend,” Alicia shouted.

“You mean Daniel?” asked Faith with disdain.

“Yes, who else?”

“You guys only talk on the phone and you haven’t even made a video call. It’s been weeks, wake up Alicia. This guy is not real.”

“He is real to me, stop talking to me about Fabian, I am in love with someone else! I really would like to sleep now.”

**

Alicia chuckled to herself as she remembered all that happened afterward which led to the present day, she had told the girls that Daniel was real and here he was. They had met a few months ago and everything had fallen into place. He was her soulmate.

She stood up from the bed and walked to the table-mirror where she had her make-up bag. She removed the facial wipes from the pack and was cleaning her face when she spotted his white suit in the mirror, hanging at the opposite side of the wall.

For a while, she thought she spotted something around collar, having a red stain….

“Do you miss me?” asked Daniel as he came out of the shower, wrapped in a clean towel with his entire six abs on display.

“Yes, I was just about to come join you in the shower,” she replied, smiling.

He chuckled and climbed on to her, kissing her as she tore the towel from his torso,

She closed her eyes to feel lost in the ecstasy of passionate love-making which immediately replaced the memory of the stain she thought she had seen earlier..

**

I HOPE WE ARE GETTING THE PICTURE GRADUALLY....