Burgundy

Episode 37

I asked Sandra to marry me after three months. I did not want to waste time in making her my wife. I can’t bear the thought of losing her again.

She loves me and did not hide her feelings.
After going on my knee to propose to her, I was panicking and my heart was racing so fast. All my prayer was for her to say yes to me and make me the happiest man alive.
And when she said yes, when she agreed to spend the rest of her life with me, I got up and kept jumping joyfully. My inner man was on fire. I couldn’t explain my high emotions. I wiped a tear and felt like running from post to post. I was jubilating and I forgot to slide the ring on her finger.

She was busy laughing at my drama.
When I remembered that I haven’t put the ring on her finger. I ran back to her, breathing so hard and acting so weird. I put the ring on her and she kept laughing at me.

And that was how our wedding plans began.
We agreed that we will do our wedding in the country before traveling out.

My parents came back after their long stay in Georgia and I took Sandra to them. They loved her just as I told her that they will.

My Mum loved her dearly and my Dad was very happy to see me taking the rightful step of having my own family.

My elder sisters abroad can’t wait to meet Sandra in person. They were all flying down for their only brother’s wedding.

They engaged Sandra with Video calls and planned with her on different things.
Jeff, Sandra’s elder brother and his wife were also traveling back home for the big day. He said he can’t miss his sister’s wedding for anything.

My Mum had already organised different asoebi for her friends.

Burgundy color was what brought me and Sandra together. It brought good and bad to me and at the end the good won over the bad one.

My Burgundy shoe was a blessing in disguise even though it was later stolen from me. it made me sort for Sandra after the polish she bought for me disappeared again. I got to know she lost her job because of me and that was how she came living with me as my housekeeper.

Sandra said she once saved my name with “Mr Burgundy”. I laughed so hard the day she told me. She said after meeting me at the store, she didn’t know my name so she saved it with “Mr Burgundy” but later changed it when she got to know that my real name was Martin Jr.

We both laughed over that.
I took Sandra for shopping one day and she got a lot of burgundy wears and fell in love with the color.
We did not need a long deliberation on what color to choose for our day. We have already resulted to Burgundy without giving a thought to any other color.

She will be on a white wedding dress and I chose to go on a fine burgundy suit.
We told everyone that the color of our day is burgundy and they also loved the color because it wasn’t common.

There was the touch of burgundy in everything during our wedding.

The wedding hall was decorated with burgundy, the caked had a touch of the same color. The chairs, tables, the groom’s men, the bridal train and everything was looking so beautiful and royal.

On our wedding day, the whole place was crowded up. My sisters were home. My Mum and my Dad too. my uncle flew down from UK with his wife. He bought suit and shoe for my wedding.

Sandra’s Dad, Jeff and his wife were present.

Jide also came with his family. Many of my friends, cousins and distance relatives were all present.

There were soldiers in uniform everywhere, they came to honor the father of my bride.
Sandra’s father assigned some to guard around us.

It was the happiest day of my life.