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welcome dinner was about to start, Angela was heard rebuking the florist for picking the wrong colour of roses. The red was too dull, she was heard screaming. The welcome dinner went off without a glitch by MoonStar standards. Angela, however, was seen throwing another tantrum when she discovered that thirteen people sat at the main table. Apparently, she had changed the table arrangements so many times that associates and family had gotten confused and failed to notice this ‘error’ much to the bride's horror who insisted that her wedding was doomed.
The wedding guests remained oblivious of these brewing scenes. They enjoyed the ambience, the food and most of all they relished the free flow of alcohol at the bar. As the evening wore on, Angela too seemed caught up in the moment and was seen laughing. Close to 4:00 a.m., Cathy could still hear some guests laughing in the hotel compound. What followed in the coming days was the usual hustle and bustle of any wedding.
A moment of panic on the wedding day consumed everyone when Greg, the groom showed up late. He arrived an hour after the expected time with bloodshot eyes. No explanation was offered and no one dared to ask. Thus far, the associates had kept up with Angela and all seemed to fall into place.
It was during the wedding dinner that things spun out of control before anyone even realised what happened. In absolute horror, Cathy and the guests watched as hotel Security was summoned. The bride pounced on one of the bridesmaids for dancing too long with Greg. Apparently a distant cousin, the poor girl had been invited by Greg to a hip hop number. She turned only in time to see Angela pulling at her hair. When Greg and a few others tried to pull them apart, a cat fight ensued. Each woman claimed that the other was "behaving like a tart".
Plates were smashed and hotel furniture was pushed around. At the end of the scuffle, the bride was escorted to her suite. Her dinner dress was ruined and her hair in complete disarray. To their credit, it took less than an hour for the associates to clean up the broken pieces of crockery. This allowed most guests to hit the dance floor again, forgetting the bridal brawl. Some saw this as an excuse to hurry back to their rooms for an early night or to catch up with friends outside the property and even others were busy having a discussion if the marriage would last longer than the wedding bill.
Cathy made an early night of it, leery of the next day's high tea and another show of temper. Subdued, Angela sat at the lobby the next morning. She tried her best to look sober and apologetic. Fully aware that people treated her with coldness, she allowed them little room for criticism at the moment. Greg was either used to Angela's tantrums or was the kind to brush off such incidences quickly.
He greeted wedding guests and hotel associates with graciousness, in the same manner he had before. Even as the new husband was informed of extra charges for the damages incurred by his wife, the good natured Greg assured them that he would gladly pay for these additional costs. He also offered a generous tip for each associate who had worked at the wedding dinner.
Cathy wondered what he saw in Angela and how he was able to move past it all but then again that was the question on everyone's mind. Love was complicated for those who witnessed it and for those who felt it.
It was no surprise though that an hour before the high tea was due to start, Angela and Greg sent their apologies saying they were unable to make it. They explained that Angela was extremely unwell and it was in "her best interest to get a lot of rest". The couple also thanked everyone for their support and hoped their guests would have a good time in their honour.
’Now, that's one way to start a marriage,’ Cathy thought as she saw Greg go for a walk outside the property a little later. Imagine, telling the whole world you were in love but in
The wedding guests remained oblivious of these brewing scenes. They enjoyed the ambience, the food and most of all they relished the free flow of alcohol at the bar. As the evening wore on, Angela too seemed caught up in the moment and was seen laughing. Close to 4:00 a.m., Cathy could still hear some guests laughing in the hotel compound. What followed in the coming days was the usual hustle and bustle of any wedding.
A moment of panic on the wedding day consumed everyone when Greg, the groom showed up late. He arrived an hour after the expected time with bloodshot eyes. No explanation was offered and no one dared to ask. Thus far, the associates had kept up with Angela and all seemed to fall into place.
It was during the wedding dinner that things spun out of control before anyone even realised what happened. In absolute horror, Cathy and the guests watched as hotel Security was summoned. The bride pounced on one of the bridesmaids for dancing too long with Greg. Apparently a distant cousin, the poor girl had been invited by Greg to a hip hop number. She turned only in time to see Angela pulling at her hair. When Greg and a few others tried to pull them apart, a cat fight ensued. Each woman claimed that the other was "behaving like a tart".
Plates were smashed and hotel furniture was pushed around. At the end of the scuffle, the bride was escorted to her suite. Her dinner dress was ruined and her hair in complete disarray. To their credit, it took less than an hour for the associates to clean up the broken pieces of crockery. This allowed most guests to hit the dance floor again, forgetting the bridal brawl. Some saw this as an excuse to hurry back to their rooms for an early night or to catch up with friends outside the property and even others were busy having a discussion if the marriage would last longer than the wedding bill.
Cathy made an early night of it, leery of the next day's high tea and another show of temper. Subdued, Angela sat at the lobby the next morning. She tried her best to look sober and apologetic. Fully aware that people treated her with coldness, she allowed them little room for criticism at the moment. Greg was either used to Angela's tantrums or was the kind to brush off such incidences quickly.
He greeted wedding guests and hotel associates with graciousness, in the same manner he had before. Even as the new husband was informed of extra charges for the damages incurred by his wife, the good natured Greg assured them that he would gladly pay for these additional costs. He also offered a generous tip for each associate who had worked at the wedding dinner.
Cathy wondered what he saw in Angela and how he was able to move past it all but then again that was the question on everyone's mind. Love was complicated for those who witnessed it and for those who felt it.
It was no surprise though that an hour before the high tea was due to start, Angela and Greg sent their apologies saying they were unable to make it. They explained that Angela was extremely unwell and it was in "her best interest to get a lot of rest". The couple also thanked everyone for their support and hoped their guests would have a good time in their honour.
’Now, that's one way to start a marriage,’ Cathy thought as she saw Greg go for a walk outside the property a little later. Imagine, telling the whole world you were in love but in
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