The Alternative Bride

           Chapter 1- A halt to the wedding

'Neha weds Siddharth !'said the board hung near the floral gateway , welcoming the guests to the whimsical marriage of the decade . I sighed in glee as I marched towards the main entrance of the mansion. 

"Dad I am back just in time to attend the wedding" I squealed trying to suprise my father. Everyone looked at me shocked as if I were a creature of some other world . I stepped inside the house leaving my bags outside the door after noticing my father's worried face. As I continued ahead, I saw a spectacle that shocked me to my core . I saw Neha di standing near the wedding dais holding the hand of the famous model Jayant Kumar. 

Di was answering questions related to her sudden marriage to Jayantas both of them was surrounded by media. I walked towards dad with a heavy heart and placed a comforting hand on his shoulder . He turned his gaze towards me and for the first time in my life , I saw the arrogance in his eyes missing . He looked at me with a blank face . His attention turned to Siddharth Roy , the groom - to - be , and his family who was confused and angry . He bowed his head in shame at the actions of his daughter. 

" Dad, how did all this happen? How did the groom get exchanged , and when did the wedding take place ?" I asked in a low voice with full of confusion. I don't know how she eloped at night and came back with all this nuisance in the morning" in a similar tone. 

"She said she is not a runaway bride hance she will face the media and there she is standing in the middle of the crowd giving a chance to the world to laugh at me", he said .

I was confused but I decided to handle the situation carefully.

"Let's talk it out in the room dad ,"I said comforting him and he obliged. As we moved towards the room the Roy family followed us and Di along with Jayant also came behind us. The whole troupe seemed to be gathered in that large study room built near the hall. Before anyone of us could speak Di screamed " Wait, here me out first. "Everybody looked at her stunned.