JILTED NO MORE

Chapter 1

Today is the day.
Today is the day that I am going to marry the man that I love. He is the only man that I love and will love. I am so excited to see him on his tuxedo. I bet he will look really good on it.
My soon-to-be husband is very handsome man. With his Chinese roots, he has a very white complexion, cute brown eyes, and that manly voice that made girls giggle in delight of seeing his handsome face and manly appearance.
I am now sitting on my bed here in my room. I let my eyes roam around the room. Twenty-five years of my life here I spent. This is the place where I cried and laughed at times of happiness and sadness.
My thoughts stopped when my father entered the room. I looked at him and smiled.
“Dad’’. I told him while smiling.
I never thought that my father could be as emotional as I see him now. There are slight tears in his eyes showing the emotion most fathers show when it is now the time for them to let their daughters marry and create their own family.
He sighed. “I thought yesterday I was just carrying you in my arms as I hum a song to make you sleep. I was never able to get myself ready of the fact that you will grow up, find the man you will love, and eventually get married. Take care of yourself, okay?”. My father held my hands as if this is the last chance that he has to say those words to me.
“Dad, I will just get married. I will not leave you, come on. Don’t cry please. I am not used to seeing you like this. You are happy, right?”. I hugged him and pat his back to stop him from being too emotional.
“Let’s go and get you married then’’. I laughed with his statement.
“I thought you will never let me get out of this room’’. He also laughed soundly as if I said a laughable joke.
He is my loving father, James, who never made me feel that I do not have my mother with me.
My mother eloped with other man when I was just seven years old. I saw how my father begged for her to stay by our side. He even cried and bent his knees in front of her but she did not even bother to listen. Her decision was really final and that is to leave us and be with the man she already learned to love.
“Eleanor, do not leave us please. Listen to me. Do not leave your daughter. Please think of your daughter, Alora”. My father begged but my mother just went on her way out of our then bungalow.
That is actually the reason why she left him. My father couldn’t give her everything that she wanted. She wanted a life way too different from our life before. She wanted luxury but my father was not able to afford to buy everything that she asks.
She gave us a final look, a disgusting look as if we were not part of her. I can’t believe my eyes when she put dagger looks on me as if I am not her daughter. How could she do this to us?
From that day on, I learned that love is really complicated. You can never force someone to love you even if you want to. From that, I told myself that I will never beg someone for love.
Actually, I even told myself not to fall in love but Yi Fan made me break my promise because I fell in love the moment he smiled at me.
I tried my best though. However, I also learned that you cannot stop a heart that loves.
So, here I am on my wedding gown, on my way to the church where I am going to marry the man I want to spend the rest of my love. I smiled and prayed to keep the nervousness away.
I felt my father’s hands on my hands trying to stop it from trembling.
“Do not be nervous, I am here princess. Just keep in mind that I will always be here for you. I hope that from this day, you will be happy”, dad said while trying to calm me.
“Dad, is it just me?”, I laughed when I can also feel his trembling hands on my trembling hands.
He just smiled at me like he is telling me he is okay. We reached the church and knowing it did not help me make this feeling vanished totally. I breathe heavily as I walk out of the car.
I noticed that the wedding coordinator is walking her way to me looking so lost and worried. I walked her way and stopped in front of her.
“What’s the matter? What is wrong Mira?”, I asked her as I can feel my hands turning cold.
“Ms. Alora, Uhmm. How can I say this? Uhmm. The groom is still not here. He was supposed to arrive 30 minutes ago but he is still nowhere to be found”, Mira told me while looking into my eyes as if she also wanted to see my reaction on what she just informed me.
Shocked? No. I am not shocked at all.
I am devastated with the fact that I feel cheated. He promised me a lot of things.
But where is he?
He left me all alone. How will I face my father? How will I face myself?
I am so dumb. Did he even love me? If yes, then why did he leave? Why?