Chapter 35

-------------Los Angeles, California.

------------------------- Graduation and Oath taking afternoon( Olyster residence)

4:30pm

I was so tired from all the picture taking and the lunch Mama Zainab prepared for all us. I met Khalifa's sister Aneesah and his mother, Arafah. His mother was Raihannah's maternal aunt. Ethan, Sandra and some other friends of mama Zainab, Papa Brandon and GrandPa joined us for the family lunch earlier. I ate to my fullest and here I was tired. Khalid had to go over to the office and the event centre to make sure everything was set for the Grand launch tomorrow.

I threw myself on my bed after I helped Mama Zainab and the maids clear and wash the dishes. I changed out of my palazzo and looked at my first class degree award. I was happy at the way my name was boldly written in calligraphy. I was going to make a photocopy of this and frame it. I kept the original certificate in one of the drawers in my closet. I was feeling a little bit dizzy and I suddenly felt nauseous. I rushed to the toilet and threw up almost everything I ate earlier. This was so unlike me. I washed my face and rinsed my mouth after I threw up. I wasn't feeling dizzy anymore. I just felt weak and badly wanted to sleep. I didn't even know when I fell asleep.

6:00pm

" Faryah, wake up" I heard Sophia say faintly as I opened my eyes. " Hey" I answered and stretched my arms out as she sat beside me on the bed. I was feeling more energetic than earlier. " How was your sleep?" Sophia asked as I sat upright on my bed. " It was one of the best" I answered and she laughed a little. " Good, so the makeup artist and the hairstylist will be here in like 30 minutes, so take a bath, change into your robe and get ready" she said with a wide smile. " I don't want too much make up" I said as I dropped my feet on the floor. " Sure, she knows" Sophia answered and got up. "I'm going to take a bath too, we'll do the makeup in your room, I'll tell Anna to get us some chocolate chip cookies and some orange juice or milk" She said as she walked to the door. " Okay then” I answered as she left the room. I took my phone from my bedside table and saw a missed call from Khalid.

I dialled him back and he answered almost instantly. " Hey, were you sleeping?" he asked immediately he answered. " Yeah I was, are you on your way?" I asked as I walked to the bathroom. " Yes I am, I have to be, I want to see you in my dress before anyone else does" he said and I laughed a little. " Sure, can you get me something on your way?" I asked. " Sure"

" Can you get me lemon cake and Grilled fish, with lots of spices" I was suddenly craving for that. I wasn't a fan of lemons. Why could I possibly want to eat it. " I thought you didn't like lemons?"

" I thought so too, but I'm suddenly craving for it, can you get me some?"

" Sure I can, I'll see you later"

"Alright bye" I answered and ended the call, I dropped my phone on the toilet sink. I took my clothes off and got into the shower.

" So she wants light makeup, something that'll go with her royal blue dress" Sophia said to the makeup artist as I sat down on a chair in front of my mirror. " Sure we can do that" The lady said as she packed my hair into a ponytail with a small ribbon. Khalid was already home, he got me my lemon cake and grilled fish and I enjoyed it to my fullest, the lemon cake was so tasty and creamy and the grilled fish also had lemons in them. They were pretty delicious too.

The lady began to clean my face with a wet wiper. It had a nice scent. I closed my eyes as she did. I wondered how long this was going to take. I needed it to end soon. I was feeling restless. I wanted to move around and do something.

I took a peep at Sophia. The hairstylist was curling up her hair with a curling iron. She was going to look good. She was definitely going to win.

I closed my eyes as the lady applied a cream on my face. " Are these safe for my skin?" I asked and heard her laugh a little. " Of course, you've never worn makeup before?" she answered. " I have but it was my sister that did it for me. I'm sorry, I don't mean I don't trust you or anything, well I kind of cause Sophia hired you..." I was talking gibberish. " Uhmm Kylie, I'm sorry, don't mind her, she's a newbie, just continue okay" Sophia intervened and I gave Kylie a warm smile as she continued.

8:30pm

I was wearing a black tuxedo. This was the first in years. I was going to be attending the dinner with my wife and Ethan was definitely going with Sophia. " Hah, you look like one of those fifty year old Father's" Sophia mocked as she walked down her the stairs in her pink and white dress. The train of her dress was pretty long, normal length. I couldn't describe her hairstyle. It had braids and some strands of her hair were curled the front and at the back too. It really fit her. She looked beautiful. She was wearing silver earrings and a simple necklace that matched with it. She was wearing silver heels and a clutch to match. She looked really beautiful. " Is that Sophia?" I asked and watched her roll her eyes. Her makeup wasn't much, pretty Sophia. "No it's kylie Jenner" She said as she got down the stairs and sashayed round Ethan and I. " You look so beautiful darling" I heard Ethan say as she walked closer to him. " Thank you, Faryah pitched in the idea for my dress, I love it" Sophia said as she played around with her dress and GrandPa, Mother and Brandon walked our from the study all praising their daughter. I needed to drink some water.

I walked to the kitchen and took a glass and poured some water from the jug in it. It quenched my thirst almost instantly. I happily went back to the living room where I found Faryah majestically walk down the stairs.

I stared at how beautiful she looked in the dress. It was a royal blue flay dress with a some shiny patterns and an average length train. There were some ruffles from her stomach that had a lighter shade of royal blue and they stopped a little above the knee. The flay and full part of the dress were decorated with flowers and glitter. She looked so pretty. Her sleeves were long and her white scarf was styled perfectly. Her scarf had a shiny silver clip and oh my, she looked heaven sent. She was wearing flats inside and was holding a white clutch with pearls.

" Are you guys going to swallow me with your eyes or something?" She said as she broke the comforting silence and got down the stairs. " You look stunning Faryah, you really remind me of my friend in Malaysia" Mother complimented as she walked to her. " Thank you" she answered. " When am I going to get a great grand child from you two, I really want a girl" GrandPa Julius said his own part. " I can't wait either" Brandon added.

I watched as she turned to look at me. She was so beautiful, her smile was out of the ordinary. I felt as if I melted. I couldn't move my body. I was star struck. My wife was so beautiful. I could feel the tears brimming up in my eyes. " Khalid won't you compliment on how beautiful your wife looks?" I heard Ethan say as I slowly walked to her. " Her beauty made him speechless" Sophia said as I stood in front of Faryah. I pulled her into a very tight hug. I didn't want to let go of her at all. I kissed her head and forehead a million times as I let the tears pour out. " Why are you crying?" I heard her ask and I palmed my face. I didn't want anybody to see me like this. I didn't even know why I reacted that way. She was so beautiful. " You look so beautiful" I answered with my hands on my face. " is that really Khalid?" I heard Sophia ask and the others " aww". " Love really changes people, you look so cute" Mother said as I cleaned my eyes. " Stop teasing me" I said and found Sophia using her phone to face us. " Delete that video" I shot before I hugged her again. " I wonder how you would have really reacted if you guys didn't get married the way you did" Ethan said and I suddenly got an idea.

" Will you marry me?, again" I asked out of the blue and I heard a sickening silence. I looked at Faryah and found her blushing like a baby with a big candy. " Yeah, I'll marry you all over again" she answered and our small audience began clapping. " I love you so much" I said and hugged her again. I never thought I was going to ever be this happy in my life. All the suffering I went through in the past, the love and happiness I was feeling right now was making up for it.

" We're running late guys" Sophia said after everyone congratulated us. " Yeah, lets go" Faryah said as she held my hand and pulled me towards the door. " You guys should be back home a little early okay, you don't have body guards anymore" Mother called as we stopped at the door. " We'll be fine Mother" I answered as we walked out of the house and into my car. I was going with Faryah. Sophia was behind us with Ethan.

" Well you made a good show back there" Faryah said as I drove to the hotel they were supposed to be having their event. It was at the Ritz-Carlton five star hotel. Pretty classy and elegant. " I did, my emotions were everywhere and it has never happened before, it's your fault" I answered and heard her laugh a little. " I have never dressed up like this in my entire life except for our wedding. The dress is so heavy, but it's beautiful" She said and giggled a little. " That reminds me, I'm going to collect your dresses for tomorrow from Sandra later on" I said as I took a right turn. " oh, you won't stay with me at the event?" she asked. " I will, but I'll have to leave at some point" I answered. " Alright then, I really feel like eating some more of that lemon cake, can we drop by some place?" She was getting weird. She hated lemons and now she was all about them. I really hoped she wasn't falling ill. " Don't you want chocolate cake instead?" I asked. " Ugh no, it's disgusting" oh lord of biscuits, she was sick. " You just said chocolate is disgusting Faryah, are you sick?" I asked and she shook her head. " I'm fine, I'm just changing, I also want one of those large cheese burgers" she was sick. " You're allergic to it"

" Change" she replied and I sighed. " Fine"

Ritz-Carlton

" You done?" He asked me as I cleaned my face with a small napkin as we stopped in front of the red-carpet with people taking photos. " I'm done, it was delicious, thank you" I said as I burped silently. I wasn't full but I was satisfied. " let's do this" Khalid said as he got down from the car and came over to open the door for me. I put my tiny hand in his as he pulled me out and people began taking photos. The lights of their camera was trying to piss me off. Khalid gave his keys to a small man and walked in after taking few photos.

We walked into the hall and the decor amazed me. Blue and golden colours. It was so beautiful the lights were light blue, the flowers, blue and golden. The tables were set and we found Sophia and Ethan seated on a seat at the front and we went to join them. There was a red carpet demarcating the two sides of the hall and we were seated on the right. The food table was on the right and there was a bowl of shrimp and ice cream on our table. It looked so yummy. People were moving all around and I sighted Khalifa and a certain girl not so far away from us. He was busy with his phone. The stage was all set and it looked like the event was about to start. " This looks yummy" I said as I grabbed the shrimp bowl. There were four different kinds of shrimp servings on our table. They all looked yummy and I was feeling hungry for shrimp. Well suddenly. It was a four seater table so each had shrimp.

I took the one in front of me. It was coconut shrimp with tomato sauce around it. " Mmmm it's delicious, you want some?" I asked Khalid as he sat down. " Sure" he answered and I took one shrimp and fed him. It was crunchy. " I thought you two stopped over for buggers and lemon cake, why are you eating like you didn't eat before" Sophia asked as I crunched another shrimp. It was so tasty. " Well I am hungry again" I answered as I swallowed down some shrimp and drank some water. " Okay" She answered still giving me a question look.

" So to continue with our event, we would like to crown the winner of Miss UCLA 2019" The Mc called and everyone applauded. " You'll win" Khalid said. " I'm not sure I want to win" I answered as I burped a little. I had finished all the shrimp on the table. Aside from the coconut shrimp I had, I also had shrimp curry, shrimp salad and shrimp cocktail. So yummy. " So we'll like to call up our last three nominees, Miss Sophia Olyster" He called and Sophia got up. " Wish us luck guys" She said as she pecked Ethan before walking up to the stage as people applauded her. " Isn't she looking beautiful" the MC said as he helped her up the stage. " Next Up, Miss Faryah Mustapha Olyster" The MC called and I got up from my seat and walked up the stairs to the stage. " Wow, we really are going to have a tight competition today" He said and I smiled as I walked to Sophia. " In case you win, you'll borrow me the sash and tiara to take photos" Sophia said and I giggled a little. " and lastly we have, Miss Shirley Reynard" He said again and a beautiful red head got up from her seat.

" So we're going to be calling our Dean of Arts to present this award for us and Miss UCLA 2018, please give a round of applause for Mrs Felicity Thompson and Mikayla Hart" The MC called again and a lady that looked like she was in her middle thirties walked up to the stage as people applauded. " It seems Miss UCLA 2018 is on her way, sorry for that" The MC said. " It's an honour to be the one given the privilege to unveil the winner of the year 2019's Miss UCLA, we all are beautiful in our way, but these three managed to make the top of beauty, in the eyes of everyone and I am very sure we all have our opinions on who should win this award but it can only be one person" Mrs Thompson announced and the lights suddenly dimmed and everywhere became silent. A lady in a black jumpsuit, that awfully exposed her skinny jumpsuit walked to the stage with another skinny lady in a pink Palazzo jumpsuit too beside her. The one in black was wearing a Tiara, pretty royal-ish, she was also holding a box and wearing a sash that said Miss UCLA. The other lady was carrying a pillow with two Tiaras and sashes. The one in pink handed the MC a small envelope and he passed it to the Mrs Thompson. " The moment we've all been waiting for" I needed to get this over with. " First, a round of applause for Miss UCLA 2018, Mikayla Hart" The MC called and the crowd applauded again. I was tired of standing. Mikayla Hart was so beautiful, she had dark short hair, green emerald eyes, and a perfect flawless face. " I am so sorry for the delay guys, and we'll make this quick, the person that is going to be taking over my position as Miss UCLA, is...."