Under Her Shadow – Episode 32

Under Her Shadow – Episode 32

© Bunmi B. Gabriel

#Authoress ‘s POV

#Months_later

Sandy ran around the big room panicking seriously. It was her wedding day and her makeup artist wasn’t there yet. She was running mad with panic. Alice and AJ watched her quietly because they have tried endlessly to calm her down.

‘Why not let me help you’ Alice suggested again. ‘I’m a makeup artist as well and I can style hairs. I have a f****ng salon for God sake!’

‘You’re right! I forgot’ she said excitedly just remembering that. AJ rolled her eyes and Alice scoffed and stood up. Sandy had really changed since she started dating Elroy. She got more nicer and free and emotional. She was a sweetheart.

They had planned to get married sooner but Elroy went on tour. Immediately he came back, he started the….Gypsy started the wedding plans. AJ smiled when she remembered how Sandy almost killed herself when she found out she was pregnant three month after Elroy left. She thought he would reject the baby like all her previous boyfriends but he didn’t. In fact that urged him to return

She knew how wedding days fever is because she went through it with Lucien. After he finally bought the ring, they got married a month later. She was already two weeks pregnant then and could still remember how crazy he went when she told him. His sudden love for kids was still surprising to her. She gave birth two months ago and he haven’t let go of the baby

It got to the point that he started working from home just to be with the baby. It was a baby girl, Lucien’s photocopy with AJ’s eyes and hair. Baby Lucienne Davina Alexandre

‘Aren’t you guys done yet?’ Sydney asked calmly walking into the room with her grandchild

‘How did you mange to steal her from Lucien?’ AJ asked surprisingly. Sydney giggled and shrugged. ‘Can I hold her for now before he comes and steal her again?’ She asked pleadingly. Sydney gave her to AJ. ‘My angel’ she whispered and kissed her little cheek

‘You girls should be fast before Gomez faint thinking you won’t marry him again’ Giulia said Jokingly and they laughed

‘I’m almost done. Where’s my mom?’ Sandy asked calmly

‘Yelling at Warren for putting too much sugar in the cake’ she laughed

‘Wayne’ they all chorused knowing who really did it.

‘Wait! Where’s Joshua?’ Alice asked raucously panicky. That son of hers had the habit of running off

‘Caged by Walter’ Lia smiled looking at her wristwatch. ‘Come on hurry up’

#Fast_forward

Elroy waited impatiently at the alter for his bride. She was late and he was worried, all he wanted was to go check on her. Lucien sat frowningly thinking about his daughter who his mother in-law took away. He knew he was over doing it but he couldn’t help but be all possessive over her. He planned on having another kid again once AJ rest enough

The door opened as the Elroy’s teammates Raven and Meighen started singing a song personally written by him for the occasion. He sighed with relief as he stared at his beautiful wife to be walk to him with her dad. He never could believe that she was four months pregnant and he was the lucky man

They got to him and Adam gave him her hand reluctantly. He didn’t want to let his baby girl go. Tears welled up in her eyes as she stared at her husband to be. In few minutes she would be part of the Quellers. She never knew she would find love in the arms of a man like him and she still found it unbelievable even tho the evident was right in front of her

They exchanged their marital vows and before the pastor said ‘you can kiss the bride’ they kissed and wouldn’t let go. AJ cried emotionally as she watched them with her baby in her arms, she refused to give Lucien the baby and he wasn’t happy about that

Just as she looked left, she saw a suspicion figure heading to a spot. She gave him the baby and walked after the figure. It was a girl dressed in black from head to toe with a mask. She got alerted when the girl pull out a gun from her belt and pointed it at Sandy. She removed her shoe sharply and threw it at the gun which already shot but the hit made it miss it target setting a panic

AJ quickly ran to the girl who ran away. She caught up to her and tripped the girl. The girl flipped up and stared at her fallen gun

‘Make one move and I’ll show you what I did with my teen life’ AJ warned seriously. The girl lunged at her with a knife but she caught the knife and gave the girl a uppercut and a knee on the stomach. The girl staggered back and fell right beside her gun. AJ quickly pulled out a knife she strapped to her thigh and threw it at the girl pinning her hand to the floor. Good thing she listened to her instinct to carry her knife

The girl cried out in pain. Lucien ran in and gasped at the sight. She used her other hand to pick the gun but Lucien was faster, he brought out his own gun from God knows where and shot the girl without thinking. AJ sighed and moved to the body not even fazed by her motionless position

‘Dorinda’ She said shockingly. Turns out Dorinda did not die, she escaped and hid herself but when the news of Sandy’s wedding got to her, she had to do something.

What a sad way to end herself

‘Where’s my baby?’ AJ asked panickingly

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Sandy laid on her bed weeping. She had almost died today on her wedding day but AJ saved her, the same person whose life she almost ruined. Dorinda was dead and she deserve it but she still felt guilty. Will she ever forgive herself for everything that happened?

‘Hey stop crying. It’s okay’ Elroy said softly on her ear

‘You almost lost me and our baby’ she sobbed

‘But I didn’t’ he whispered and kissed her neck. ‘Forgive yourself for my sake. She deserves it because she planned everything’

‘And I….’

‘Shhhh. Lucien and AJ already forgives you so forgive yourself. If that didn’t happen, I might not have met you so it’s a good thing you know. Everything is in the past and this is our future’ he whispered sweetly touching her stomach. She smiled and nodded. ‘Now be strong for us both’

‘Okay. I love you’

‘I love you too’ he whispered ‘now is this suppose to be a honeymoon or sobermoon’ he asked jokingly. She laughed and turned to rest her head on his chest. ‘Goodnight my love’

‘Good night my Knight’ she said drowsily. He wiped her tears as he hummed a song

She slowly went to sleep with hopes that everything would be okay with time

THE END

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