<span style="font-family: aa;"><span style="font-size: 110%; line-height: 116%;">Tomorrow was suppose to be the best day within her life but unfortunately, it wasn't. For her, anyway. But for her parents, they were all excited that their daughter was marrying the man they had picked out for her. At least they were happy about the marriage because Ester was exactly enthused about it herself but it seemed like no one cared what she thought though.<br/><br/>Her eyes were fixated out the window of her room as her ears twitched whenever she heard a knock come over her bedroom door. <span style="font-weight: bold">"Come in."</span> She muttered as the door open and revealed her mother, who had the biggest smile on her face as she entered the room further now. Ester's mother stood beside her now as she also gazed out of the window alongside with her.<br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold">"You should smile, darling. Tomorrow is your wedding day."</span> Ester's mother said in an excited tone but Ester turned away from her mother and walked over to her bed, where she sat at the foot of it and sighed. Her mother raised a brow at her as she walked over towards her and sat down beside her, grabbing her hands into hers now. <span style="font-weight: bold">"What is wrong?"</span> Ester wanted to blurt out that a lot of things were wrong but what was about to say was going to upset her mother either way.<br/><br/>While her nerves built up inside of her, she bit her bottom lip and shifted her body to face her mother now though her head was down towards the ground. <span style="font-weight: bold">"I don't love him, mother. I never loved Edward but because of you and father, I tried and it didn't work."</span> Ester finally said as her mother scoffed and removed her hands from Ester's then stood up, looking a bit irritated with Ester's response. <span style="font-weight: bold">"I knew that you were going to mess this up for us! I just knew it! You are marrying Edward tomorrow whether you like it or not. That's that."</span><br/><br/>Ester's mother stormed out of the room and slammed the door, leaving Ester in her room to suffer in the silence that had now filled the room now. She sighed then grabbed a pillow and placed it over her face, screaming into it so it was a little bit muffled. She did that repeatedly until she finally drifted off to sleep.<br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold">- - - - - - - - -</span><br/><br/>The sun had shined through her curtains and the birds were singing right outside her window. With a groan, she turned over so that her eyes are staring up at the ceiling above her as she huffed. Ester was seriously not ready for one of the biggest days of her life. She wished that something would happen right now so that she wouldn't have to marry someone she didn't love but it didn't look like that was happening.<br/><br/>Her father bombarded into her room now as she was up and out of bed, sitting at her vanity area in deep thought. Her father came over there and placed his rough hand upon her shoulder. <span style="font-weight: bold">"Your mother told me what you said, my darling Ester."</span> Ester placed her hand on top of his then turned around in her seat to gaze up at her father. <span style="font-weight: bold">"I'm sorry, Papa but I do not love him. I tried."</span> Her father raised a hand up at her and her talking seized immediately.<br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold">"Let me stop you right there."</span> Her father said as Ester stood up and waved her hand towards him. <span style="font-weight: bold">"I do not want to hear it. I heard it from mother last night and I do not need to hear it from you today."</span> Ester mentioned towards her father as she went towards her door and opened it, giving the signal for her father to exit the room, which he did but stood in the doorway. <span style="font-weight: bold">"Better be ready in fifteen minutes."</span><br/><br/>Her father demanded as he left and she closed her door then walked back over towards her vanity area so that she could get ready. Again, she wished that something would happen so that she wouldn't have to get married. Her friends came into her room now to help her get ready and decided to gossip about her big day with her.</span></span>