"Sigh!! Then is a case of concealment, for example, one of the parties concealed a drug addiction, prior criminal record or having a s.e.xually transmitted disease?" The magistrate asked, now looking as if he is getting frustrated or bored.
"h.e.l.l no! Nothing like that too!" Rhehan stared at the magistrate wide-eyed.
"Kids listen! I am not sitting here to waste my time. There is not a single ground which you fulfill. These d.a.m.n photographs!!! Do I give annulment on the basis of this??!! I see rings!! I see proper clothes!!! I see love, happiness and kisses. There are so many people around you!! How can you ask for annulmemt??!!! If you want a divorce, that is a different issue. But annulment is not possible at all." Magistrate snapped his pen on the file, closing it.
"And sir what about divorce??!!" Rhehan asked in surprise.
"Well....Here is my order. I am giving you both a probation period of six months. Even if after six months, you both want a mutual divorce, you can have it. Annulmemt is not possible in your case!!" Magistrate handed back the file to them, getting up from his seat.
"Do you mean we are husband and wife for six more months?" Rose asked getting up too.
"Yes! This is a legal process, which everybody has to follow. Come see me after six months from now! That is my final order for you both. No arguments!" The magistrate spoke and left the room.
Rose and Rhehan looked at each other dumb-founded.
"What do we do now?" Rose asked the man.
"Ummm...Have a cup of coffee at the cafe?" Rhehan shrugged his shoulders, not knoeing what else to do. He was not even sure, if he was feeling happy or sad about it.
"Hmm....! Works for me as well. Badly need one" Rose chuckled looking at him.
Next day...
Morning 8:00am..
Elizabeth walked inside the dinning area of her house, with her cup of coffee. She was having a bad migraine from all the thinking she had been doing from past few days. She quickly sat down on the chair, calmly sipping her cup of coffee. She opened the morning"s news paper, straight-away opening the entertainment section.
With blurry eyes, she saw the headlines on the top most section. Her eyes popped open instantly as she saw the two familier faces. Their were eight pictures of the couple, in different poses, with a headline...
"SECRET WEDDING OF RHEHAN JOBS AND ROSE WILSON...NO LONGER A SECRET.....
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE COUPLE!!
Elizabeth spat out the coffee in her mouth, coughing profousely. "I...I...do not believe this!! A drunk wedding??!!!"
Elizabeth glared at the entire article, reading it. The more she read the words, the more her anger was spilking up.
She quickly dialled a number on her phone, crumbling the paper with her hands in anger.
Meanwhile, Rhehan had already woken up with a groggy face, but was still lying on the bed, looking at the Rose"s picture on his tablet"s wallpaper. Suddenly his phone buzzed and he turned to look at it. "Huh? Mom? So early morning!"
Hr straightened his back and picked up the phone from his side. "Hi Mom! Good morning!!"
"RHEHAN IDIOT JOBS!!!!!!" Elizabeth shouted at the top of her lungs.
Rhehan"s earlier sleepy eyes popped open in surprise, hearing his mother"s blasting words. He gulped in nervouseness, trying to hold the phone tightly. "Mom!!! What happened? Why are you shouting!!??"
"You think we elders are FOOLS!!!??? You are staking your career and reputation by a drunk marraige!!??? If you wanted to get married, why did not you both come to us!!!! Look at today"s entertainment newspaper!!! A G.o.dDAMMIT leading newspaper has published your pictures of wedding!!! RHEHAN JOBS!!! You better have a good explanation of this or I will kill you!! Come here RIGHT NOW!!!!!"
Elizabeth shouted hanging up the phone.
She read the article again losing her calm. The article had stated that the couple looks really drunk and are not even currently staying at each other"s place. It had also questioned their ethics and values!!!