The Girl Who Had The Last Laugh

It started with the wedding day on Saturday. The ML Mercedes Benz was lost in a pile of dust and threads of flowers decorating the biggest event of her life . The trail of limousines and the inside chorus of joyous voices singing reminded Prima Shumba that this was the greatest wedding ever attended , her own wedding . ' Is your seat belt secure , darling ? ' The chaufer asked. Prima nodded and placed her handbag in between her legs , polishing her dry lips with red lipstick .Everything looked beautiful. Beauttiful weather, beautiful day and her inner feeling told her , ' Girl you look beautiful and your man will have all this to himself.' Prima's thoughts travelled faster than the Mercedes Benz, her thoughts flew farther towards a happier life waiting for her , most happier places she would be and very happier nights she would spend with him from the very night of the wedding. Prima Shumba tall , elegant with bright eyes and attractive lean body smiled at the thought that, ' from today on I Mrs not Ms' and that was indeed fast becoming a reality every minute the clock ticked. ' Are you fine, madam ? You will be with your man of life soon, a few minutes from now.' The driver said 'Thank you driver , I am fine.' Prima did not like to show the driver how excited she was . She thought to herself, 'whats the need of sharing joy with strangers who know nothing about your life. It would be fitting to spend time to ourselves , ourselves with Ken , just the two of us once the wedding ceremony is wrapped up.' Prima looked into the mirror and she grinned how prettier she looked. The Mercedes Benz turned and reached the largest College of Medicine Hall , it stopped a few yards from the main reception. Prima looked beautiful , the driver look at her crimson suit from the corner of his eyes . He openned the door , Prima pause for a moment her long black silky hair rubbing the shoulders. The newspaper had reported biasly towards her wedding , the wedding of the best female musician to a local artist. They were all celebrities in their own right and the husband to be , Ken Phiri owned a music recording studio which was very popular accross the country. According to Prima, Ken was just a perfect match for her, she would guess what Ken thinks and Ken would excitedly say yes that's what he exactly thought and Ken would look at her and reveal what she was thinking , what a perfect match! At one time Prima thought they were just like twins because when she thought of calling Ken,that's the moment when her mobile phone was ringing . It was Ken with his usual, ' I miss you babie!' Now their two bodies were getting together as a man and a wife. First the mercedez took her to see her man at the College of Medicine briefly to inspect if everythng was ready and a quick rehearsal how the two would enter the hall. She expected Ken to be already there and she was worried she was running late, she planning to apologise with a warm kiss , after all it was the day everything would start , the family. The list of wedding invitations looked impressive, , the president , chiefs many local celebrities , both Prima and Ken were popular locally and internationally . She visualized the convoy, the largest reception at the College of Medicine Hall . The drinks, the buffet, the wedding cake, the flower throwing aspects of it and everything looked and felt exciting . It had taken Prima four breakable relationships before she met Ken , Ken Phiri 35 a dozen older than her age but she loved him . She had once declared that , 'even if this world ends I will never find a guy so loving like you .' All Ken did was to smile and kiss her by the cheeks. Prima and Ken hired a priest who would bless their marriage at the College of Medicine then receptions begins straight away . The wedding ceremony was scheduled for 02.00pm and Prima wanted to make sure that her guests were being looked after ver well before she went on to wear her wedding dress. 'Prima, people are waiting . Where is Ken ? ' Prima pointed at the Hall a few yards away , ' He is right in there talking to guests, wait I will call him , we have to start .' But when Prima reached the entry of the all expecting to see Ken, expecting to see finishing up decorations she had ordered from Italy everything looked strange and indeed there was a strange feeling in her. Prima ignored the strange feeling and dismissed it with a smile. She opened the door with a huge smile on her face , but suddenly she stopped, looking shocked and her mouth wide open. The College of Medicine hall looked totally dark . Where is Ken? Is Ken and his friends playing a surprise game on me ? Prima asked herself and then pressed the lights switch , The lights came on but the hall had a population of dried tree leaves , scattered papers , some dust on the walls and rubbish bins on stage , no one was there. Where had Ken gone ? The wedding invitations cards were everywhere on the floor. Prima looked around and outside the hall looking for any sign of Ken. She devided big curtains searching but the hall looked frightenly looked empty . Suddenly she heard some footsteps, excitedingly she thought this was Ken . She was about to shout Ken when she saw an old man approaching from the entrace door. The old man cleared his throat then said,' Am sorry Ken couldnt make it, he has changed his mind. Right now he is wedding someone else in Soche.' To Prima it felt like the world had come to an end .She fell down looking confused and lost. She wished to die straight away, she wished there was a hole her body could go and hide and she couldnt stand the shame and embarrassment of being dumped on the day of her wedding . Prima cried non-stop thinking what wrong she had done to men, for all men she trully loved have ended up leaving her when she least expected them to and when she thought everything was just fine . From that day , Prima vowed never to trust any man. Prima stayed two years without thinking of dating anyone, she hated anything to do with men and she dedicated her time to work commitedly and do house chores. One day Prima met a man , a man not of her type , his face not that handsome face you would imagine but without fear , and with confidence said, ' I have never loved a woman like you , you are the best thing I can have. This is love I feel at first sight.' Everyday Prima walked to work this man asked her the same question, ' Prima I love you, will you marry me?' This was strange and Prima was tired of this. But the more this man talked to her, Prima wanted to know about him,' So what do you do?' The man replied, ' I am a bin collector , I empty bins and clean people's yards.' Prima was put off with the response and she decided to not accept his proposal. But the man insited, ' Prima I love you.' When Prima accepted this man and announced that she would marry him there was huge rebellion from everyone she knew. 'How can you marry a bin collector? Are you out of your mind ? Have you seen how vague and ugly he looks ? After all nobody knows much about his background.' Everyone asked Prima said such things to Prima . Prima insisted , ' You can say what you like but I love Mr Sauko .' After the wedding Prima took her man to honeymoon. She paid for all bills as Mr Sauko had no money . When Mrs Prima Sauko returned from the honeymoon she found there was a limousine waiting for them at the airport. 'Who arranged this?' Prima asked. Mr Sauko smiled , ' its just the begining dear , you are not going to your house there is a mansion waiting for you.' Prima was confused, ' Mr Sauko where did you get money.' He smiled and said, ' I was looking for a woman who can just love my heart not my wealth , now let me tell you the truth. I am an African billionare , living in Newyork, I own mines , planes and oil drilling companies . I decided to come somewhere nobody knows me and meet a lady who loves my heart thats why i started the bin collection job.' Prima was the happiest girl in town and at one ceremony in South Africa she said, ' Love is like wind when it passes you dont cry , another wave of wind that is meant for you is coming , look at me I lost five men and when I thought all is lost, my husband the multibillionaire came along.' 'In life, you come across a big loss which gives you opportunity to have the best.' Prima smiled.