RYAN
I was out by the beach side attending to the guest that flew in from far and near to the wedding when Herzl hurried out to me as he tuck the strain of my trousers.
"Daddy you have to come with me!!" He cried out and admitted the crowd there.
"Come on Herzl, today is not the day for play, I am sorry, but I can't come with you to have fun."
"No!! Uncle Gerald is at the Hallway and he has mommy, he is also holding a gun that is bigger than mine."
My eyes immediately widened in shock and without waiting for another word from him, I dashed out to the hallway. I was half way through when I recalled Herzl talking about a gun. If he is armed, there is no way that I will be able to take him down alone.
I immediately pulled out my phone from my breast pocket and called the police, luckily there was a dispatch close to our venue and they arrived just in time when I could have lost my life on my wedding day.
"Your hands where I can see them!!" an officer yelled out at him, he dropped the gun on the floor, his hands on his head but he stared at me with his eyes filled with disdain, Ciara rushed out to me and embraced me warmly like her life depended on it.
We stood there and watched Gerald being dragged away, as soon as he was out of there, Ciara rushed over to Herzl and tucked him around her arm.
"My brave son! I can't love you less, how did you know that I was in trouble?"
"Because you are my mother and I know of those days when friends that you do not like comes to visit you, although there is always a smile on your face but it is usually filled with displeasure and you also had that smile with Uncle Gerald, but it was different with him, it was mixed with fear, that was how I noticed a gun bigger than mine."
A bright smile instantly filled her face, she was so proud of her son, caressing his head with so much pride. "Thank you so much my big boy, I am so proud of you."
"Ciara, in as much as I hate to break this reunion, but you have to go upstairs and retouch your makeup, the guest are waiting."
"Oh! I almost forgot that part where I was getting married." She teased and was feeling relief as she rushed upstairs where the make up artist took out time to touch up her make up, dressed her hair properly and her gown.
Ciara stood at the entrance of the hall while I was at the altar, but I could see her radiating like sunlight, she was so beautiful that it sparkled brightly.
A veil was covering her face, her gown flown through the floor and she held the most pretty flower that I have ever seen, as soon as her presence was announced, everyone got on their feet as they watched her with envy walking down the aisle.
She got up the Altar where the priest also stood behind me and he began the normal rites of the wedding.
"I, Ryan, take you Ciara as my lawful wedded wife, to love and to hold, in sickness and in death, till death do us apart." As soon as I recited the vows, Carefully I placed the sizeable gold ring into her finger.
"I, Ciara, take you Ryan as my lawful wedded husband, to love and to hold, in sickness and in health till death do us apart." She inserted the ring into my finger and we turned around to the priest.
"You may now kiss your bride." He proclaim and this was the part that I have been waiting for. I held her head and carefully kissed her softly, there was a joyful roar from the crowd, clapping so happily, but just then, someone stormed in there.
She wore a black joggers and black jacket, her head also had a black cap and her eyes impaling at Ciara.
"Anne! What the fuck!!"
"Not again!" Ciara exclaim and I could see the fear in her eyes as Anne pulled out a gun and pointed at her.
"Hi Ciara! You thought that you were going to get married to Ryan for the second time and have your happy ending, you must be so delusional!!" She scoffs sarcastically.
"Somebody call the cops!! " The priest yelled out but the entire crowd seemed to have frozen there for a moment, my mother immediately began to ruffle through her nav in an attempt to find her phone but it was obviously not in there because the entire content of the purse was now lying on the floor.
"Anne! You need to calm down, what ever it is, we can sort it out." I was hoping to calm her down or perhaps buy some time until the cops arrived.
"Did you just say sort out Ryan? It was supposed to be me by your side on that altar right now, I was your first love, it was always me until she came and ruined everything."
"I understand your pain Anne, but tell me what you want, do you need more money, the company, I will give them all to you, please just let us go."
"Yes I want the company, but I want it with you, and in other for that to happen, she needs to go, I am sorry Ryan but I can't let her survive."
There was a fire of determination in her eyes, she pulled out her gun, cracks the gun and was about to pull the trigger. Today was my wedding day yet there was so much forces fighting against me, it is was as if I was paying for all the times that I hurt Ciara.
She pulled the trigger at Ciara who stood frozen all this while, and immediately, I pulled Ciara away from there but there was a loud shot that everyone began to run towards different directions.