Bride Doll by Elizabeth Nancy Jansen

Author:Elizabeth Nancy Jansen [Jansen, Elizabeth Nancy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Elizabeth Nancy Jansen
Published: 2021-04-17T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 24

Engaged

Nia entered into her third year of medical school after a trying start to her second—which did improve after that first day of anatomy class. She was determined to succeed and relied on her inherited courage and resilience to soldier through it. She had moved off campus into a two-bedroom apartment only three kilometres from the University. Her roommate was an equally studious medical student. Simon lived in an apartment in a different high rise but within the same complex. The dynamics of their relationship were starting to change; Nia was more self-reliant and spent less time with Simon.

It was brand new for Nia to feel the subtle expansion of her wings. It had taken a long time, but she’d figured out how to roll and succeed in the realm of academia and university lifestyle. The days of fear of failure and emotional dependency on Simon for survival had diminished. As her growth in self-confidence was germinating, his control over her proportionally declined.

The new Nia didn’t cling to him, which caused Simon great uneasiness; his fundamental requirements were being challenged and depleted. A dramatic correction occurred with a jolt of four little words: “Will you marry me?”

One Sunday morning in late September, Simon sprung the question seemingly out of nowhere, taking Nia by complete surprise. She awoke as usual on the weekends in his bed, thinking of what had to be studied that day and preparing to head to the Faculty of Medicine study hall on the main campus.

That simple question was completely successful in caving Nia’s recent developments of self-confidence and self-worth. The newly woven threads of self-discovery and sufficiency were disregarded in an instant with the responding word of “yes.” After a small discussion of timing for the union, Simon called Nia’s father to ask for her hand in marriage. Flynn could feel reluctance in his heart when he said “yes” after his own fateful experience of asking for Monique’s hand in marriage. He could still see the faces of the angry French cabbage farmers. Monique had figured out what was going on when Simon asked to speak to Flynn. When she heard Flynn say “yes,” she was (just like her mother had been) pissed off. The path of mortal sin was once again rearing its ugly head; Monique’s feelings of anger rather than happiness with the engagement were expected.

Despite knowing her mother’s reaction, Nia felt like celebrating and cancelled her study plans to spend the rest of the day in the arms of her soon-to-be husband.

The excitement carried forward through the following weekend. Simon and Nia visited Nash’s jewelry store on Dundas Street downtown. Together, they chose an exquisite engagement ring, unique with the centre stone being a deep blue sapphire and ten small diamonds surrounding the main stone. Nia absolutely loved the ring. Simon had been saving his Physics Lab Teacher Assistant money for over a year to buy it. As Simon placed it on her finger, the look he gave her was one of sincere love and devotion, which she believed unequivocally would last forever.

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