Regrets and Mistakes

Chapter 34

Muna's POV
Pain,sacrifice,rejection,loneliness,endurance,has known me from life's first cry,an adult at 12,an adult all my life,zero love,zero affection,zero attention,from family including my mom,for the first time in my life I was doing something for me,the day had finally arrived,I was marrying Hastings,a man I barely knew but meant the world to me,I watched him drive through the church we hired to wed,of course we were late for our own ceremony because we could not keep our hands off each other,we branched off for a quickie somewhere,I was dressed in an elegant bridal gown that had golden strands,my hair was tied in a neat bun styled with edges,I had glamorous make up on with red lipstick,I was walking down the isle with a representative of his for the first time in my life i craved a father figure,there he was,dressed in a black tuxedo with a white shirt and a red bow tie matching with the bouquet of red roses and lipstick I had,his smile ear to ear,I could smell his perfume his hands were dangling on his sides,I pushed my perverted thoughts,his eyes lit up when he met mine,I was staring at him through my veil,he smiled a little giving me assurance that everything was going to be okay,we were now inches from him,my body was over the cloud,never in my life did I expect to get married this way,or any way. The man beside me took my hand in his wrist,boom! Everyone was on the ground I realized I was in someone's hands with a gun pointed to my head" do anything stupid she's gone" the voice sounded familiar,I just couldn't understand what was going on,someone shot at us and Hastings has me at gun point" Ha...stings" I muttered,"shut the fuck up" he was panicking,my sister was among the people on the other side,mr mweemba,my mother and chuma with another woman I did not recognize,Jorge was in his uniform,were they stopping the wedding it was illegal or what? I was going crazy," let her go Hastings you are completely surrounded" Hastings laughed out loud,in my confused state I yelled" stop the nonsense,i am an adult I made this decision stay out of it" Samba was crying,chuma looked guilty," son please let it go,I am begging you.. it's over" he angrily pushed me to the ground,I screamed in pain he out his foot near my neck," let her go you ungrateful brat,I have loved you like a son all these years,this is how you pay me back" he removed his foot from my neck giving me some space to breathe" move an inch I'll blow your brains out" he warned,what happened to my sweet man,why is he treating like an enemy," Hastings you are under arrest for the murder of sibeso and Nicolas mulenga,"murder " I asked,trying to process everything that was happening,this must be some kind of misunderstanding,I genuinely believed he was innocent of what he was been accused of,the Hastings I know would not hurt a fly,his face was different,his eyes were teary,he began killing imaginary mosquitoes on his body,"you betrayed me over this filth,the one has was hidden from you all these years,i have respected you like a father all my life and you promised me I'll take over your business one day,you forgot I was everywhere you went with my dad,you had all the money in the world to empower my dad but you chose his as your puppy who followed you wherever you went" Mweemba's expression was pure disappointment " is this real"
" sera talk to your son" the police were warning him let go of that gun,I was still gathering information to understand what was happening there"you murderer,I knew the day I saw you you were bad news,you were banging my sister for her fortune" I was upset at samba for her poor choice of words,has everyone lost their mind what fortune,if anything I am the one marrying into such a prestigious family,"can someone tell me what's going on" I yelled,tears forming in my eyes,samba moved slowly as the argument between Hastings got heated up,he was a total different person " be thankful you have seen her godfather,I will kill your precious little girl in your very presence and I will enjoy it the same way I enjoyed killing my father and your stupid pi" he turned to look at me,my eyes were full of fear he let out a huge smirk the fear in my eyes was giving him joy," honey it's okay come to mama,come now" the woman standing next to chuma called him she began singing him a song something that made him calm,he slowly walked towards her,she was almost grabbing his hand when his hand slipped from her and shot at mr mweemba who was running towards me,he fell on the ground,my heart skipped i felt a part of me fall with him as he landed on the floor,his hand was exposed his birthmark and mine were the same,I slowly looked up to my mother who knew exactly what I was thinking she nodded and tears rolled down her cheeks,he was my father,mr mweemba was my father,chuma slapped Hastings in anger,Jorge put handcuffs on him,chuma cried on her husband's chest,the pain in her voice triggered emotions I never knew existed in me,I let out all the pain I had kept in all these years,how did I not read the signs sooner,Hastings was a psycho since day one I could not see.