Last Hearing

I am anxiously waiting for September 20. Inaki will have his last hearing on that date on his pending annulment case. Early this year, he already attended a few hearings. He took the stand himself to testify about how his wife failed to fulfill her part of the marriage and how devastated he was of the whole sordid affair. I've also driven him to meetings with the psychiatrist, the administrative head of the infamous mental facility in Mandaluyong. The good doctor did find his wife incapable of fulfilling her marital obligations and should therefore be grounds for a ruling in Inaki's favor.

On the whole, it's been nerve-wracking for me. I was confident from the start that the annulment would be granted. I am speaking of course from the fact that our government is one that can be easily bribed. However, as time progressed and Inaki and I talked about it, there were a lot of complications that had to be dealt with like collusion, overloaded court dockets and embellished evidence. There were a few times in the beginning when his wife would call him and asked Ranma to do certain things for her like having something mailed to his house. But Ranma refused because it might be seen as collusion.

Blast her.

At the beginning, I thought we could get married this year, because annulment cases normally stretch for a year. But due to the judge's full court schedules, hearings were at least six months apart. Inaki says that the earliest possible time to get the ruling would be December of this year. Now, I'm thinking we can get married around the third quarter of next year. Hoping fiercely. With my fingers crossed. And my toes as well.