Betrothed To My Sister's Husband novel Chapter 1

[ RAIN ANDERSON ]

I slamped on my bed looking at the mountain of dresses among which I am hell confused to select the perfect one to wear tonight for the big event.

My sister's marriage.

My elder sister Roselie is getting married to the man she had been madly in love with though it was arranged by our parents.

The marriage was the talk of the town for almost a month.My parents didn't leave a stone unturned to make the first marriage of our family a news sensation for rest of the year.

We're typical rich princesses.

Well I don't believe in such theory but my sister certainly do.She wants perfection which only screams of richness and luxury in everything unlike me who was metaphored as cavewoman by my Mom.

"Its not your cup of tea Rain you must have listened to Roslie.Your sister is an ideal for young girls in the country."I murmured giving a pissed off glance to the dreses and shuffled them to get the 'One' for me and after a mental battle of ten minutes I got what I had been looking for.

A fish tail baby pink gown,with lacy frills below the corset and red silk embroidery on the breast with sweetheart neck.Weird combination according to my mom but it is the one I loved.

I put the dress on my front and checked myself in the mirror.My eyes twinkled in excitement.I am going to get some compliments from my Mom and aunts for wearing 'a lady's attire'.They leave no chance to pass their judgement on my dressing style.

Suddenly a loud banging on my door halted my happy dreaming.I could hear familiar voices of my parents,uncle and Nicholas,my soon to be brother in law's Dad.

I opened the door only to be pushed by the crowd of people who barged inside my room.I stumbled to steady my balance by the unexpected push.Their features were of worry and restlessness increasing my own anxiety.

Mom was trying hard to control herself from crying.Oh no,something terrible happened for sure.

Is it Rose?I didn't see her since morning or I am too busy in myself.

"Mom..Dad please say something?"My gaze danced between my parents.

Mom closed her mouth finally breaking down completely while Dad looked down.His forehead had tensed creases.He was never been a weak man to be stormed away by small problems.It must be very bad which pushed him in a terrible condition.

Moments passed I only received deadly silence.

None of my parents answered or they couldn't gather the courage to answer me.

After an eternity,my uncle moved forward with a pained expression on his jolly chubby face with same moist eyes holding a folded paper.

Without speaking a word he handed me the paper and gestured me to read it.My heartbeat paced,with shaking fingers I opened to read the content.

My eyes popped out of their sockets.It was the most dreadful event of our lives.It was a letter from my sister.

My sister's perfect cursive handwriting.The words were,

Dear Mom,Dad and Rain,

I know you must be cursing me for taking such a drastic step and to leave you in a situation where you are not able to decide what to do but I was forced in this marriage mess too.It was not my decision though you thought it was the best for me.