THE
GREATEST REGRET
As I passed through the front
gate, I heard my phone ringing ‘Bananana’ . It was Veronica. “Huda, my sister
is going to get married next week. She wanted you to be here. I’ll send you the
invitation card later. Invite your beloved Jason too.” Veronica told me. I
immediately agreed as I was really close to Veronica as well as her family.
Veronica had been my best friend since I was little. I asked Jason to take me
there as he could keep me company at the same time. Jason was my beloved lover.
He was about 27, six years older than me. Jason
was a tall and good-looking guy who was fancied by everyone. Jason was
Veronica’s ex schoolmate and it was Veronica who introduced him to me, now I was very lucky for having him as my first
love.
On the wedding day, I dressed to the nines, in
my resplendent pink Jessica Parker gown bought by Jason in order to impress
people. Jason was stunned when he saw me elegantly walking towards him. “You
look very gorgeous in that pink gown. Your beauty is outstanding sweetheart”. I
blushed and smiled modestly . Then we got into his Porsche and we made our way
to Veronica’s house.
After about 20 minutes, we
reached there. The ceremony was quite grand with the hall decorated by various colorful balloons and the pictures of the
brides were hanging everywhere. They even hired a musician band to perform a
song for the newly-weds. We found that the wedding theme is pink . Thank
Goodness I had chosen the right color.
“Wow! You look exactly like a
Princess darling! Oh there you are, Jason, nice look as always.”, Veronica
greeted us with a mischievous tease. I pinched her nose and both of us burst
into laughter. Veronica really likes Jason. She had once cracked an irritating
joke by saying her interest in Jason was unfeigned.
Veronica asked us to get inside and enjoy
ourselves at the party. After congratulated the newlyweds they served us a good variety of delicacies from Malaysia such as Nasi Hujan Panas. It was so delicious that you could possibly think. Out of sudden Veronica approached Jason and me.
She asked me how was the party
and I told her it was extremely great and fun. Veronica then told us that there
would be a dancing session right after this. Hence she left us to get dress to
prepare for the dance and promised us to be right back in several minutes. 15
minutes after Veronica came back with a baby blue dress and a pair of genuine
baby blue Calvin Klein heels. She looked exactly like a princess. I was very
impressed by her beauty. My heart broke
a little when I saw Jason stunned by her looks.
Out of sudden Veronica approached
us and asked Jason to dance with her. The situation left Jason stuck he between a rock
and a hard place. He did not want to hurt my feelings as he knew I could get
jealous easily yet he did not want to
let Veronica down too. Jason looked at me to ask for my permission. I just
reluctantly nodded though my heart said no.
Veronica then held Jason’s hands
and both of them walked towards the dance hall. I was crossing my finger and
hoped that everything would be fine. They danced in the center of the dancing
floor and captured the attention of the crowd. They dance in a captivating way
as if they were a perfect couple. I saw Jason held Veronica’s hands and put
them on his shoulder. They danced followed to the rhythm of the music played.
The crowd was entertained by their dance hence they applauded and whistled to
Veronica as well as Jason for their beautiful performance. Out of the blue
jealousy completely wrapped me up thus I tried to conceal my enviousness by
keeping silent until the ceremony was over.
Veronica asked us to spend the
night in her house as Jason was terribly fatigued and she worried he could not
drive us home safely. I just agreed and wondered why Veronica cared so much
about us, or more accurate, Jason. Did she has a crush on him? I was too tired
to think about it and just went to bed.
I awoke at 3 a.m due to nature’s calling. I was very shocked
to see Jason was not in bed. When I was about to go to bathroom I heard some
noise in the dining room. From the window I could catch a glimpse of a couple.
Curiosity forced me to find out what was it so I pushed the door slowly and
lived up to my expectation, it was Jason and Veronica chatting and laughing
happily to each other. My anger increased when I saw Veronica was holding a bouquet of white roses as Jason had never given me any white rose since we have been in a relationship for the last two years. My head was filled
with bad assumptions.
Jason moved closer to Veronica
and they said something which I could not hear better and followed by their
joyful laughter. I had had enough. I saw a knife on the dining table and picked
it. They did not even notice me in the dining room which has made me angrier. It rendered me out of control. I approached Veronica and stabbed her continuously. Jason was very shocked by the incidence and
rushed to help Veronica. I became very angry and I stabbed Jason too. The noise
of our fight woke everyone up. Everybody was very shocked to see blood
spreading everywhere on the floor. Jason fell off the floor and whispered to me
“It’s a big misunderstanding sweetheart. It’s my fault for not telling you
earlier. I won’t blame you for this.. I just.. I just.. I just want to see you
happy.. Love you forever my love…” . He was gone. I had put him to death, so as
Veronica.
My Goodness, what had I done? If
only I knew they were just discussing to organize a birthday party for my
becoming birthday next week. The white roses were Veronica’s idea as she knew I
love roses. They kept it as a secret as they wanted to make it a surprise. Now
they died after what they had done for me. Veronica and I have been best friends
since we were younger and why I did not trust her so abruptly? Tears cascading
down my cheeks. Jealousy had torn apart my whole life. I lost my best friend
and beloved lover in the blink of an eye out of my folly and uncontrolled
jealousy. This tragedy happened five years ago yet it still stick in my mind
till this moment.
“It was my greatest regret ever”,
I said as I sat in prison.
