Without waiting for me to tell her to come in, she helped her self in. I looked at her from my veil. I could see her but not very clear. She's wearing a blue gown and a high heel shoe. She packed her black hair in a bun. She looked very beautiful. She walked to where I was sitting.

" Florence, you are looking so beautiful " She said as if she could actually see my face. If only she knew I am Adrian, she wouldn't be smiling with me now.

" you have no idea how happy I am that you are getting married to Majid " from the little that I could see of her face, she truly did look happy.

"I know you have been reluctant to marry him but Majid is a good man and a rich man. I know he will take care of you and Papa's company. I really wish that I am the one who is getting married" I wish that you are the one that is actually wearing this gown right now. At least that would make more sense. 

" Oh by the way, I came to tell you that Majid and his people have arrive, it's time for you to go the hall" She says. No, this can't be happening.

" be careful Florence, I don't want you to trip and ruin your dress. I know you can't see well with the veil" Sunita is very caring. She held my hands as I got up from the chair. Seriously I am still wondering how she does not know that I am not Florence. 

I wonder what is keeping Florence from coming back to the wedding. I could just remove this veil and expose the whole matter but I have faith in Florence. I know she will definitely come back for her own wedding, right? She couldn't possibly be planning to leave me here.

She opened the door for me. We came out of the room and entered the hallway. The hallway was so crowded. It was as though all of the relatives came by. But I knew that it was not so. As we were getting closer to the hall, so were the whispering increasing.

" it is just as the rumor says. She is slim and slender, I heard she has a very beautiful face" some of Florence's relatives were saying.

" no wonder she could snatch such a handsome and rich man" Really? Florence does not even want this marriage, I answered them in my mind.

" no I heard, she is a loose girl and no man has agreed to marry her, that is why they sold her off to the Benjamin's" they did not sell her and I know Florence. She is not a loose girl. Where did they get all this fake rumors from?Did they not know that I could hear them? I feel like taking off this veil and giving them a well deserve punch.

" you all should just shut up" Sunita shouted at them and immediately the hallway became quiet. She could not take it anymore. Sunita has always been one who usually lost her temper.

" Sister, just ignore them, let's just go to the hall" she said to me.

Soon, we got closer to the hall. It was already filled up with a lot of people.

' Florence please come back now, I cannot do this any more' I said in my mind as we entered the hall.

" Florence,come sit down" Aunt Margret said to me. I did not say a word, I simply nod my head and sat down. I just can't believe that even Aunt Margret cannot recognise that I am not miss Florence. 

I know that what I am doing is a crime, but this crime I am committing it for the sake of my friendship with Florence, for her sake I am becoming a criminal. I look through my veil, trying to see if I could catch a glimpse of Majid Benjamin, Florence's to be husband or rather my to be husband.

In the Benjamin's family side, where they were sitting, I could see a man who was more handsomely dress than the others, he is Majid and he look much more better than the picture Florence and I has seen earlier. He is handsome, in short, if I were a lady, I would say he is hot. And I keep having this feeling that I had met him somewhere before. But where?

The traditional wedding started. The opening speech was made. There was some singing and then it was time to join us together and yet Florence still hadn't showed up. And I was shaking inside of me. Bead of sweat began dropping on my forehead. Is this how I would get married to a fellow man like me? What if the Benjamin's sue me? Will I be sent to jail and spend the rest of my life as a criminal?

" it is time to take the vow of Fire" they announced.

I did not want to stand up and take the vow but if i don't, everyone would know what I have done so I stood up from the chair I was sitting in. Florence's Father, Mr Johnson took my hand and guided me to the place where the vow of fire would take place. He left me there and went back to his seat. Majid Benjamin was already beside me. He is so tall. I am like a dwarf beside him. No wonder no one suspected that I am Adrian. I am merely five feet five while Florence is five feet four and from my record Majid is six feet two.

At the center of where we are standing, there is a big pot with fire inside. I have no idea how they set that fire, it was like magic. That pot is called 'the ember'. That is the place where the vow of fire is made.

"The bride say after me, By the embers, I promise to love this man beside me and make him my world, nothing shall tear us apart" the priest says. I have to repeat everything he has just said with Florence's voice. The good thing is that as Florence's Personal Assistant, I have mastered the act of mimicking Florence's voice.

" By the embers, I promise to love this man beside me and make him my world, nothing shall tear us apart" no one notice. Did I just say the vow of fire to a fellow man like me? What has my life come to? I can't even turn back now.