ALIA'S POV
"Alia darling, smile, come on" mom smiled at me as I stared at myself at the mirror. Breathing in and out I met her gaze " nervous?" She asked, I was, I was getting married… what else did she expect.
I was finally going to marry Daniel, the man of my dreams, five long years together. I have dreamt of this day, I've prayed for this day and now it's finally here, it is really happening, I'm getting married!
" you don't look happy" mom stated " aren't you excited" she said shaking my shoulders trying to shake the nervousness out of my body " I am excited, just… I've never been married before" Mom chuckled "it's a wonderful experience, especially with the right person and that's Daniel, I bet you both are going to have a wonderful marriage than your father and I had" I held her hand " Dad was a jerk" she gave a small smile " don't say that, he's your father, your life's never going to play out as mine did" she said cupping my face " now come, shake that feeling out of you and go get married" she placed a kiss on my forehead " I'll be outside , don't keep us waiting" "sure". I whispered
I took a deep breath, mum was right, Daniel was a wonderful man, there was nothing to be afraid of, this has always been my dream, that we'd grow old together. Picking up my bouquet, I smiled, a smile that didn't reach my eyes, " deep breaths" I assured myself
Mum and I were already settled in the limo being driven to the church, the closer we got, the louder my heart beat, I could have sworn mum heard it pounding, God I was so in love with Daniel but I couldn't just shake this weird feeling, maybe it's my anxiety trying to get the best of me, I tried to assure myself but I never feel this way if something wasn't going to happen.
We got to the church and from the car we could see the groomsmen and a few of the guest outside, the groomsmen pacing back and forth frantically with worried look on their faces. Fear enveloped my body as my heart began to race, what was going on. Immediately the car stopped I stepped out walking up to Chris, Daniel's best man and best friend " Chris, what's wrong" he sighed " it's Daniel…he's not here yet and he's not picking up" I frowned " what do you mean he's not here yet, weren't you all meant to come together or something" he pinched his nose " I know, I know, he said we should go ahead that he had something to take care of first, it's been two hours since we left his house" Two?? I grabbed my phone, dialing his number quickly, Daniel don't fuck me up right now. I dialed his phone and it went straight to voicemail " Daniel, it's lia, where are you, Chris has been trying to reach you come on.." I didn't understand why I was leaving a message, it wasn't like I was the only one trying to reach him or maybe he developed cold feet. He was scared just like I was some hours ago.
I dialed again and again and again, tears streaming down her face as I couldn't understand what was going on, mum picked me up from the floor along my bridesmaids " take this water Alia, you'll feel better" with teary eyes I glared at everyone before me " feel better? How mum? Daniel is not here and you think if I drink water I would just "feel better" huh?" I said sarcastically, mum didn't look happy, I immediately regretted how I addressed her but I was too annoyed to apologize. I stared at my phone hoping for a ring from him, just any message from him that he was alright and maybe he was just scared.
By now my head was pounding, my vision blurry, I couldn't take it, I needed my fiancé, he can't do this to me, this should be our special day or was this one of his pranks? It has to be.. but it's been five hours now and no news from him, I looked deserted and heart broken, everyone around me was speaking but I couldn't hear a thing, my head pounding furiously I grasped mum's hand " he must have cold feet mum" I said in between tears " he's just scared mum, I will go to his house" mum shook her head just give it time he will come he must be busy " On his wedding day? Mum it's been five hours" I sobbed she pat my head rubbing my back, from the corner of my eye, Daniel's mum was also in tears for the whereabouts of her son, her husband patting her and assuring her.
Today was a disaster, minutes turned into hours , I was growing impatient, I needed to see my fiancé. I called him and again it went to voicemail, I sobbed " Daniel please don't do this, give me a call, just a message, Daniel everyone is worried come on please" I was almost inaudible, Layla, one of my bridesmaids took the phone from me " please Alia, please come and rest, you've been crying nonstop" she wiped my tears with her hands " I have to go Layla, please , he might be home, he might just be nervous, these things happen" Layla looked at my mum for permission, she sighed " fine, let Chris go with you".
I got in the car with Chris, he looked worried also, but I was a mess, " stop crying Alia, everything will be fine" I didn't want to be given false hope, I needed to be sure.
We arrived at his villa, the house was empty, we called out but nothing, Chris checked with the staffs while I ran up to Daniel's room, opening the doors, it was empty, I collapsed on the floor crying, did he leave? Where was he? I noticed a note sitting on his cupboard, I rose up to look at it, I cleaned the tears blurring my vision as I saw to my darling,Alia.
It was addressed to me. I picked it up and as I read the words I collapsed