—JENNIFER—It was next evening when Dad finally regained his consciousness and we all heaved a sigh of relief, knowing that he's out of danger now. Mom and I hugged each other while mumbling thousands of thanks to God. “ Who's Jennifer?” The nurse asked after informing about him waking up. “ I am Jennifer.” I said, desperately stepping ahead toward her. “ He wants to see you. Please don't gather around him all together at once.” The nurse informed us and we nodded.After that, she left and I headed inside quietly to see dad. His eyes were closed and even though I had walked inside too carefully, his eyes flew open the second I neared his bed. “ Princess!” His voice a weak whisper. My eyes immediately glistened, seeing him like this. The man who has been so strong to keep his family protected, who did everything to make my life as perfect as possible, who didn't let me ask twice for any damn thing in my whole life was now laying there helpless and weak. Sniffling to keep myself t
—CHRISTIAN—I had literally been sulking all day for the first time in my life. And for what?? Because my wife has decided to go and stay with her parents for some days. I might sound that I'm overeating but the way this mere thought has been haunting me, I can't even explain. I almost had a mini heart attack when she said that she'll go for at least two or three weeks, but it's not soothing at all to let her stay away from me for even two or three days. So I decided the best I could do in this situation. I will go with her. Yes. I don't care if anyone is gonna laugh at me for behaving like a lovesick puppy that I am.After talking with the doctor and signing the discharge papers, I headed back to the room where Jennifer's father was staying. Jennifer stayed back with the doctor to understand the medical care for Mr. Wingsley at home while I headed to tell him that he's free to go now. As soon as I reached near the door, my feet went frozen hearing what he was talking with Mrs. W
—CHRISTIAN—She stared at me while I stood there, shell shocked like a statue, thinking how to explain things to her. “ How can you do this, Christian?? How can you fucking hide it from me??” She glared at me with disbelief and stalked closer, stopping in front of me.“ I-... J-Jennifer…” I stuttered, because I didn't know how to explain everything to her. My heart sunk deeper at the mere thought of her tears. I was still wishing if anyhow she hadn't actually heard the conversation but her next words broke my hopes. “ How can you just not tell me the reason for his heart attack?” She asked again. “ Even I didn't know it before. I just- “ Really?? But the doctor said she told you last night already that this happened because of stress.” She huffed, cutting me off. “ Yes.. But-.. Wait. What??” I stopped, processing her full sentence and frowned.“ Yes. She said she already informed you about this.” “ Oh. Yes. She did.” I breathed out, sighing in relief. “ Then why didn't you tell
—JENNIFER—“ Stop acting like a six year old dad.” I huffed, stuffing the glass of water in his hand as he whined. “ Really?? You are acting very mature. Do one thing, you eat them instead of me.” He narrowed his eyes back at me, stubbornly. “ Dad, if you eat them in the next five seconds, I'll get you your favourite cheesecake.” I offered. He snapped his eyes up at me and stared, contemplating for two long seconds. “ Fine.” He huffed before stuffing all the three tablets at once in his mouth and gulped down the glass of water in one go. I stood there, trying to supress my laugh while he made faces. “Good boy.” I grinned at him. That's when the doorbell rang and headed out to take the door. I was in the living area when the bell rang again. “ Wait a goddamn second man.” I huffed, racing towards the door. The bell rang again when I was about to grab the handle. “ Who the heck is this on pins and needle-...??” I huffed before opening the door but stopped in mid seeing the pers
—JENNIFER—“ What ‘truth’ exactly?? “ We looked up to find Dad coming down with Christian supporting him. “ That Christian can't stay away from Jennifer.” Mom said, shrugging and I hid my face with my hand, trying to go invisible. Christian cleared his throat uncomfortably as he made Dad sit down on the chair. “ It's not his fault if my daughter is so lovely.” Dad passed me a big smile making me shy away. The dinner passed with Dad and Christian talking about their male stuff while mom and I gossip about our favourite TV show. After making Dad eat his medicine, I headed back to my room with my heart filled with thrill, knowing that Christian was waiting for me. But when I entered my room, it was empty. I frowned but the next moment, I felt a pair of arms sneak around my waist. A smile creeped up to my lips as a familiar cologne hit my lungs when Christian hugged me from behind.I rested my head back to his shoulder as his warm breaths touched my neck. “ I missed you.” He whispe
—JENNIFER—Even after lots of protest from Mom and Dad, Christian arranged a nurse for Dad to take care of him twenty four seven. It was so heartwarming, seeing him having concern for Dad and treating him like his own.So after Christian left for his office, Mom and I decided to go grocery shopping since Dad wasn't alone now. We were done in about an hour and decided to visit the nearest cafe for the coffee. “ Are you sure we aren't forgetting anything?” Mom asked, sitting on the chair while her head was totally into the grocery bags placed into the car. “ Arghh, Mom!! Do you want it in written that we bought every damn thing that you wanted?” I grumbled, tired of her asking the question constantly. “ Yeah. Fine. No need to get annoyed.” She rolled her eyes as the waitress approached us to take our orders. “ One second.” Holding up a finger to her, I turned back. “Do you really need to continue this?” I asked Morris who was sitting two tables away from us, holding up a magazine, p
—JENNIFER—“ I mean, I'm your mother's old friend.” She suddenly grinned up at me. I turned to face mom. An uncomfortable smile appeared on her face as she looked at Catherine. “ Is she??” I asked, narrowing my eyes at mom. “ Yes.” She breathed out before standing up and Catherine gave her big smile as she hugged mom. I shook my head at the odd situation as they broke apart. “ It's been a long time, Nancy.” Catherine said and nodded quietly. “ Yes. I-It's good to see you again.” Mom replied before Catherine turned to face me. “ Look at you!! You have grown up into a beautiful woman now.” She smiled at me and I stood up with an hesitant smile. “ But I don't remember you.” I chuckled, shrugging. “ You were this small when I last saw you.” She made a gesture with both her hands to describe my size and laughed. “ It's nice to meet you… um..??” I trailed off not knowing how I should address her. “ Call me Catherine.” She smiled again, pulling me into a hug. “ Nice to meet you,
—JENNIFER—Christian came home after some time of Cally's leave. I was so engrossed in thinking about the possibilities of the Catherine, Cally told me about and the Catherine that met us in the cafe being the same person that I didn't even realise when he entered into the room. He came and stood behind me while I sat in front of the mirror brushing my hair, lost deep in thoughts. “ What has got you so lost, Princess?” I snapped up, surprised when Christian bent down and kissed my cheek before looking up at me. “ Hey!” My lips stretched up in a smile as he stood bending, behind me with his hands on both my shoulders.“ Is everything alright?” He asked, concerned. “ Yes. A lot.” I said, pushing his hands away and standing up to face him. He frowned, waiting for me to continue. “ First, you are ten minutes late and second,... These people don't have a single chocolate bar in their house.” I huffed, flipping the topic completely. I let the matter go away thinking that If there was