33. SURPRISE

HANA

There are so many things I concluded after reading Rose's letter.

1- Bash is not Xavier's biological father.

2- His biological father is a monster.

3- There was someone named Cillian and Sebastian who helped Rose escape from wherever she was. Perhaps they named these two cousins after them.

4- Xavier is a wonderful human being.

5- His wife killed herself.

Now I wondered what Bash thought of me every time he looked at me. Does he see his mother? Because I made that decision before to end my life. But I will worry about that later. I need to see Bash now.

The first thing I did was to book a flight for the next day. I slept at Bash's home that night and he was so happy I did that. I counted every second until it was morning.

I looked at the mirror and practised smiling. It's nothing new to me. I had to put up an act if I had to get to Bash. Then I called Shalini.

"I need a dress," I tell her.

"What's the occasion?" She asked me.

"It's surpr