Love of a Substitute

Suddenly the bride

"Darling don't be too hasty, remember you're wearing a kebaya" the voice of a beautiful and ageless beloved woman as she waved at me.

"I love Mama more than anything else," I replied, giving a kiss from afar.

I stepped into my late father's matic motorbike as our family vehicle especially Dad was just a laborer in one of the largest textile factories in my hometown.

I turn on the bike that is now my constant companion to campus every day. Slowly but surely I left Mama still with a smile and a wave of hands that began to disappear from my vision.

The weather is very bright today as bright as my face that I polish with my favorite Korean makeup, beautiful of course I am beautiful as my Mom. Praising yourself doesn't hurt.

Okay well viewers, my name is Kayla Khanzania, 20 years old, a fourth semester student of the Faculty of Teacher Training and Education at Adiwangsa University, which is a famous campus in my city.

I was on my way to one of the star hotels where my best friend and classmate married during college, Nikayla Adiwijaya, making friends with people of the same name as me is quite confusing when someone calls our names at the same time.

Because our names are the same especially we are also in office now, so the kids on campus call her Nika so as not to be confused.

I parked a motorcycle that is not new anymore but still healthy this machine in the hotel parking lot. I tidied up my appearance by glazing in one of the other people's cars that I passed by.

Slowly but surely my feet stepped in past there were many wedding greeting boards from various circles, because the groom was the eldest son of a Governor as well as a businessman in my area.

The rich will be different from the rich, I think.

I murmured in my heart "I would be very grateful if I could get a guy like Bang Dev, even though he is much more mature but look at him as the Governor's son he is also a lecturer whose career is good, rich plus his handsome face, very lucky Nika."

"Our name is Kayla, who knows my fate is also good," I muttered again while chuckling to myself, is not the saying a prayer, I am very reassuring if it happens.

My lips went back and forth while my brain was wondering also had good fortune like this Nikayla of my best friend.

Bang Dev and Nikayla have been in a relationship for a long time even since Nika was in high school, dating a more mature man turned out to make their relationship last until the guarantee, how no spoiled Nika would match up to the friendly and polite Dev bang, I have known her since being friends with Nika at the beginning of college.

What a dream couple, equally rich and easy in getting anything. I think that's one of the keys to the smooth start of their relationship to decide to get married now.

My daydreams ran out as my other best friend waved and yelled small calling my name to catch up with them.

Rania and Susan, we were crowned bridesmaids today. Wearing the same sage-colored kebaya with different models, we looked very beautiful on the wedding day of our best friend Nikayla.

Rania pulled my hand fast, their faces were not as usual and looked panicked. I'm getting confused.

"Hey what's going on here, what's wrong with you?"

"Come, why did you take so long. It's really bad" Rania pulled my hand into the elevator and took me to a hotel room.

"Are you Kayla?"

The loud voice of a middle-aged woman who also wears a special uniform of the bride's parents.

"Yes, she's Kayla, Auntie," Susan replied quickly, they're getting me confused.

"Wait what is this? Why are you looking at me like that?" ask Rania and Susan with tense faces.

"Kayla, we know your mom has a lot of debt, right? Only you are single among the three of us, your name is also Kayla the same as Nikayla's" Susan said, holding my hand.

"That's right, why? Is there something wrong with me? Why are you bringing up my family's debt, don't embarrass me," I replied still confused and curious about what's going on right now.

Rania and Susan looked tense again, they compactly pushed me in front of Bang Dev's parents who were still sitting on the sofa.

I'm really confused, there are a lot of questions that pop into my brain right now, rather than being confused because I finally decided why not just ask.

But not yet I let out a voice, looking like a handsome man who had been fully dressed in the groom's clothes. The man looked gloomy, his face uncharacteristically unyielding. He walked past us and stopped at a window covered in fancy curtains.

"I'm sorry if I sassy Auntie, why is Aunt looking for me? Did I make a mistake?" I ventured to ask my curiosity since arriving which atmosphere felt more like a puzzle.

The beautiful woman was standing after her husband who we all know them as the head of the area here, I had just met in person, usually only seen from local television news broadcasts.

"You're gonna pay a fortune as a surrogate bride today, I know you need money, this is your chance to pay off the family debt. I'd be so grateful for your service today that would save my husband's reputation."

"What?" I purposely sharpened my hearing of the Governor's words.

"I give you time to think ten minutes from now, make your choice not to force me to do you any harm" the madam replied threateningly.

"Auntie, I still don't understand? The surrogate bride? Whatisthis? Why me? where did Nikayla go," I ventured to refute the words of the wife of the number one man in our area.

Susan and Rania pulled my arms again, they took me out, I took a glance at the flat-faced and visibly annoyed Bang Dev.

For what reason, Susan explained all the chronology of the incident this morning about Nika who had run away from the marriage contract that will be held shortly according to the plan time.

"What's? pregnant?" I almost dropped my jaw, but soon I shut my mouth wide open hearing the explanation of these two friends.

"How can I get pregnant, I can't believe this. Nika never told me if she had another man besides Bang Dev, right? Don't joke, I'm really confused right now, why should I?"