Meeting Diamond
Marie’s POV
I was resting on the balcony staring at the buildings and neatly mowed lawns and trimmed ornamental trees in the distance. It was all strange to me.
I would have loved to tour this beautiful place if not for the ugly circumstances surrounding my stay here. I don’t think I’ll ever be able to appreciate it. I’m too upset for that.
It all felt like a dream to me. The woman who birthed me actually bundled me up and brought me here to get married to someone who I don’t know just so she can get what she wants.
It’s always about her. She always thinks about herself not caring about how I was going to feel. What did I or my dad ever do to her? Some days I feel like she’s not my real mother.
I didn’t realise when I started singing ‘redemption song’ by Bob Marley. This is my own way of coping during hard times, I sing any song that comes to mind over and over until I get relieved. My life hasn’t been perfect and music has always been the therapy.
Old pirates, yes, they rob I;
Sold I to the merchant ships,
Minutes after they took I
From the bottomless pit.
But my hand was made strong
By the hand of the Almighty.
We forward in this generation
Triumphantly.
Won’t you help to sing
Another song of freedom
‘Cause all I ever have:
Redemption songs,
Redemption songs.
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery;
None but ourselves can free our minds.
Have no fear for atomic energy,
None of them can stop e the time.
How long shall they kill our prophets,
While we stand aside and look?
Some say it’s just a part of it:
We’ve got to fulfill the Book.
Won’t you help to sing
Another song of freedom
‘Cause all I ever have:
Redemption songs
Redemption songs
I kept singing and wiping off the tears that were flooding my eyes.
I suddenly flinched and turned around as I felt someone beside me patting me gently on the back.
I turned to see a girl about my age standing beside me. I’ve never seen her here before and she wasn’t dressed like a maid. She wore Gucci so that means she has some class. I stood there staring at her as a way of telling her to introduce herself.
‘Hi!’ she greets with a shy smile.
I shifted a bit from her and she kept talking.
‘I’m Diamond, Jude’s kid sister, you must be the wife’ she added rushing her words a bit.
I scoffed as I turned away from her and continued wiping my tears. Nothing good comes from them but pain.
‘Its a lovely song you sang there. I’ve never heard it before.’
‘Redemption Song, Bob Marley’ I replied coldly without even looking at her.
‘Noted, I’ll check it out and I’m sorry for what you have to go through.’ She added and turned to walk away.
Maybe she is different. I mean, she just apologized for what her family and mine are putting me through. Maybe I should be nice to her.
‘And it’s a nice robe you’ve got there but don’t let Jude see you walking around with it. Cause you never know. She said and winked at me before walking away.
I realized I was still in the bathing rope I wore earlier.
‘Hollup, I don’t have any clothes here, do you have any I could use?’ I called after her retreating figure.
‘Sure, come with me’ she squealed excited that I was talking to her with a little bit of warmth.
‘Thanks I’m Marie by the way.’ I added calmly.
‘I know.’ she replied breezily.
I reluctantly strut behind her as the cold floor kept biting at my feet.
She seemed nice. I hope her mum isn’t like mine.
I walked back into the house with her only to see Jude who looked like he was about to go out. My anger started to rise again.
He was grinning like the fool he was.
‘Hey baby, I was just about to come get you. We have to see my dad and mum so I can properly introduce you to them. I ordered for some clothes already.’ He explained.
I stood there with my brows furrowed and hands across my chest listening to him blab.
‘Don’t call me baby Jude!!!!!’ I snapped
‘And are you done talking?’ I yelled angrily as he was standing there speechless like a fool
‘Lets go’ I said as I nudged Diamond forward.
‘That was cold’ she said with a little laugh as we got to her room.
I responded with an eye roll.
She brought her traveling box and opened it up. She explained that she doesn’t live here all the time. She only came around to see Jude and also stay for the wedding.
I cringed at the mention of the wedding and felt hot tears coming down again.
I picked up a black dress and stormed into Diamond’s bathroom to get changed. I was lucky that it fit perfectly.
How the heck will Francis feel when I get married to this man?
I got back into the room and thanked Diamond for the dress as I walked out slowly after wearing her stilettos which were a little too tight for me.
I descended the stairs and followed Jude out of the house ignoring all his stupid compliments.
He tried to touch and I shook his hands off making him to raise both hands in surrender.
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