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Tunde Leye 127<br />
ucan fidgeted with his tie while he waited for Imani to get ready.<br />
LThe days had flown by and before they knew it, the day of the<br />
award ceremony had come. All over the media, the buzz had<br />
been high. Regular Interfacer broadcasts had kept coming and<br />
voting had reached a fevered pitch towards the closing hours of the polls.<br />
Now, the moment they had been waiting for was here.<br />
The sound of the door opening brought Lucan out of his thoughts and he<br />
looked in that direction. Standing in the doorway, looking like someone who<br />
had stepped out of a beautiful painting, was the woman he loved. All other<br />
thoughts flew out of his mind in that instant. He was transfixed by the vision of<br />
her beauty. She took each step with grace and elegance, seeming to float<br />
through the air towards him. He was not aware that his mouth had opened until<br />
she reached him and laughingly closed it.<br />
“Was it worth the wait?” she asked.<br />
“Oh, I'd wait a thousand years, if necessary, to behold thy fair form, thou fairest<br />
of all.” He was laughing and bowing.<br />
“Lucan, I'm nervous,” Imani said with seriousness.<br />
He held her hands with one hand and put the other around her shoulder. “Don't<br />
be dear. I'll be by your side every step today, ok?” He planted a kiss on her<br />
cheek and then whispered into her ear in the same breath, “You'll be<br />
wonderful.”
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