COURTNEY NOTICES HOW FRUSTRATED RUFUS WAS

Friday morning she open her eyes hearing Mom's calling out to her, "Oh dear, I have overslept, but the place was still dark, checking the time seeing it was only four thirty,

Wanting to know what was wrong, Courtney gets of the bed and opens the door, not seeing mom's, thinking, 'She must have return to her room?'

Wrapping her self with the blanket she went to check, but the both of them was asleep,

Returning to her room, Courtney wonders, 'Whose voice did she heard, and who was knocking at the door?'

Returning to her bed then she thought, 'I should fix their meals early, then start decorating the cake.

As she plans the day in her mind, she prayed for the Lord blessing and strength so the cake will look beautiful.

Pleased with all her hard work as the evening reaches, when all the cakes were packed in Pappie van,

Pappie was resting and mom was just happy being at his side, "Come Mom's, let us go this will take a while to set up?"

"Child, Pappie is sleeping."

"I know, come on I will drive." Closing the front door Courtney helps mom's to the van. When she was seated Courtney went and sits behind the steering and started the van.

As she drive, she keep glimpsing at Mom's, seeing the way she holds on, and keep watching her.

"You could relax mom's, I know how to drive and Pappie van is not too difficult for I to handle."

"I notice that child."

At the house, reversing the van at the front entrance so it will be easy to take in the cakes.

Alighting the van Courtney went and help Mom's out the van, "Mom, you go ahead and spread the table cloth and I will bring in the cakes for you to set it up?"

"Okay child, but this is your cake, so I will need your help," as Courtney follow Mom's, hearing the noise but said nothing but then Mom's said, "These girls are always complaining."

Courtney was carrying the largest cake when Mom's snap at the girls, she jump almost dropping the cake. She never expected Mom's to be so loud and she was angry.

Sighing as she rest the cake on the table, thinking what a disaster that would have been if it had fallen.

When Mom's said, "That's enough, and where is your mother?"

"Grandmother, she went to get another hairstylist, the one we made the arrangement with has taking in very ill.

We already had problems getting this hair-stylist and cosmologist in one package what is going to happen now?" Janis grumbles.

Courtney, on the other hand concentrated on the task at hand, bringing in the other cakes. Ignoring their complaining and quarreling.

When Rufus's mother came in and slam the door, shouting in a rage. "That's it, not one available cosmologist or hairdresser, and which fool park that van in front of the entrance?"

Only after snapping, Cheryl realizing that it was Pappie van and some of the cakes were still in the van. "Sorry Mom, I am just so angry."

"Well, if you keep quarreling, that won't solve the problem, whatever you have, you will just have to make do."

When the youngest started to cry and Rufus enters the hall, "What is wrong Kimmy?"

Seeing the way she hugs Rufus and began crying, Courtney became angry. Hearing him speaking to her in such a loving tone of voice. "Kimmy, stop crying and tells me what is the matter?"

"Rufus, the hairstylist is sick and we have no one to fix our hair."

"Okay, there's no need to cry Kimmy, I will find one very early in the morning, I promise, so stop the crying and the worrying."

Courtney observing how he hug her trying to comfort and reassure her that all will be okay. He looks so fatigued, yet for the love of his family, he was going to make another sacrifice.

Recalling when Mom's came to ask them to get a dress for her, she said he is always so calm, and from what Courtney observed it is true.

But could his rage that day by the river be the reason for his rage, is it because she had refused the ride, or was it that he was plain jealous when he sees Carlos speaking to her?

That could be the only explanation for the way he was behaving when he drops of the supplies.'

"Moms, can you finish up here?"

"Yes, love."

Seeing the girls still angry and Rufus stood up holding his head, unable to bear the frustration on his face any longer, why can't they see he is tired and frustrated?

From the time I reach only hearing them with their complaining makes me so fed-up. I can't imagine a person having to live with this every day, dropping the silver waiter she was holding.

Seeing everyone turns around to looks at her, Rufus was shocked seeing how angry she were, recalling her behavior at the hotel the day after they got married.

'I only hope she don't say anything to sellout our secret,' when she bend and took up the waiter then look at everyone, the four girls was about to complain when she snapped at them.

"Now I want the four of you to get a room in order, and all your thing in there within ten minutes.

Whatever you need fixing, I will do it, your hair, foot, hand, face and whatsoever else, but I don't want to hear another word out of any one of you, do you hear me?"

Rufus notices all walk silently away, then they return with their bags and walk upstairs. Hearing her asking Mom, "Aunty, who is attending to Carlos dressing tomorrow?"

"The same person was supposed to fix him, love."

"Then let him know by eight he must be waiting when I come in the morning."

Walking up the stairs to the room where the girls went, Courtney, mind went back to when she had jobs to dress the bridal party. It was lots of work but very rewarding.