RUSSIA, VOLGONDONSK
6th March, 2020
10:00 a.m Friday
“ How do you mean she's not the one ? ” Alexei questioned, his nose flaring in anger.
That was a topic never up for discussion. Alexei was getting irritated by the moment, how dare his sister ! He fumed.
Alexei's little sister was frightened, huddled at a corner as a dwarf bunny but that could not calm down the fury he felt. It was clear she was regretting whatever she had just said.
“ What did you just say ? ” Alexei demanded again.
Her grey eyes were fleeting about the room as she teared up. Timid and frightened as she was, her voice was bold -unshaken .
“ Valentina is not the right choice, brother!”
A moment of calm before the storm.
“ How dare you ! ” Alexei roared, red faced.
“ How dare you accuse the woman I love of cheating - ”
“ I cannot lie, I saw her , I saw her. I tried my best to hope it was someone else but it tried out to be her. You need to change your mind. She doesn't love you - ”
“ Oh ! Silence !”
Her throat bobbed.
“ How can my Valentina stoop so low for a guard. You're unbelievably lying, pathetic. Valentina had confided in me about your obvious dislike for her and now I don't question it, you've proved yourself,”
“ You'd take her word over your sister's,”
Alexei chuckled,“ Oh , I will. The wedding is in two weeks. No matter your plot, you will not disrupt it else I will tell father. ”
Alexei turned his back and left.
***
“ ...for better, for worse, for richer, for poor, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish until parted by death,”
The ring slid into place, binding them forever.
The congregation burst into cheers, Alexei had been impatient for two weeks . In his happiness,he smiled at Valentina Smirnov who was not as ecstatic as he was.
“ And now you may kiss the bride...”
Slap !
Slap !
Slap !
“ Ow ! ” Alexei yelled, his cheeks were burning and he glared at the man beside him who met his gaze with a straight face.
It took him a moment to remember who the man was and where he was, the dream he had just dreamt still haunting him.
He slowly perceived the wide hazel eyes, pointed nose and a scar on the chin. Roy.
He winced and sat up awake.
“ I had a dream about some thing that had happened in the past, before I married Valentina, ”
Alexei then gasped, “ Where's my wife ? ”
Roy knew the temporary memory loss all to well so he briefed him of the recent past events, aiding his memory to fully recall a few things. He explained he had dragged him back to the small space hours after the gas had filled the air then dissipated again.
Alexei chewed an almost stale bun as he took it all in, Roy's jumbled up explanation. He understood it nevertheless.
“ So they're not back yet ? ” A hint of worry lacing his tone and Roy shook his head.
“ What if they don't ? ” He did not bother hiding the fear in his voice.
Roy broke the eye contact for a silent minute then looked back at Alexei's worried gaze,“ I don't think they will. ”
***
“ Whoo -hoo! ” Mark was in jubilation as he found himself at the liquor section in the mart.
“ I may just wish that everyday, people be stuck in their sleep, ” he said, grabbing as many bottles of whiskey from the shelves, dumping them in the trolley.
“ Heaven on earth ! ” Andrew remarked somewhere from the back as he stuffed his face with snacks.
“ No cashiers ! ” Grigoriy muttered amused as he watched a dozing cashier fall off from his chair no doubt lost in a sleeping spree.
Grigoriy placed everything decently in the trolley, their was no rush, he would eat later.
Valentina emerged from the clothing section and all men almost choked. In a sheer lace dress and fur slipper heels, she sauntered pushing a trolley brimming with all sorts of clothing and cosmetics. She had decided to finally grab a few snacks.
It was a happy hour for them.
But not for long .
Mark had started drinking, against his better judgement, giving into his urges.
Andrew had sat at a corner to concentrate on his selected snacks.
Grigoriy had flirted with Valentina, after all he reasoned that Alexei was nowhere to be seen.
Valentina a lush at her age of thirty five flirted back and before Grigoriy could think about whatever he had indulged in, her feminine wiles had word him and he was being pulled by his collar back to the deserted clothing section.
They were not fazed by the snoring men and women around them. Well, at first they cared, terrified infact but not anymore.
The eerie gas had made it's presence known , it's interval for domination catching them unawares. It struck a jovial Mark as he downed a fourth bottle , at first he grew tired and he leaned against the wall behind him. He then slid down to the floor and he was out like a light.
Andrew was next, after a series of yawns he too fell asleep.
Grigoriy and Valentina were no exception.
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