Jaime slowly walked the quiet street for half an hour before returning home at midnight. His mother was anxiously waiting for him at the door."Your father is waiting for you in your room." She speaks. That's what he guessed as well."I know." He said, taking off his shoes to put them on the shelf. Walking past his stepmother, he stopped when she grabbed his arm."I want to talk to you after you talk to your father, so don't go to sleep." She whispered quietly, he almost wondered why she spoke so softly.Nodding as a promise, he pushed the door open and closed it behind him. Like usual, his father sat on the bed, leaning against the pillow placed behind him. And as always, his face was dark and grim.Pulling a chair next to the bed, Jaime sat down. "I'm back."The father scoffed at his son's appearance. "Have you decided yet?"Jaime looked at him bewildered."What are you going to do? Are you going to marry her? Or are you going to meet President Evans' daughter again? I've heard her
He misses her. He wants to talk to her about what his father told him. He wants to know how she feels about it because he's both scared and uncertain about it all.With Jaime's situation, adapting to his environment may become more difficult for Vivian, many times he may not be there for her. Jaime wanted to tell Vivian all this before broaching the subject of marriage again. But Vivian didn't answer his phone.All of which makes him think about whether he did something wrong or said something wrong that upset her.When she hugged him in the park that day, she seemed disappointed and sad, quietly lonely but he was too indifferent to notice. She feels she is abandoned.~~~~~Almost a week has passed. Vivian feels suffocated by what happened but doesn't know how to relieve it. Saturday, when her twelve-hour shift ended, she was called to the counter. Someone wants to meet her. If it were Jaime, she would tell him it was over between them, but it wasn't.A girl stood on the other side of
"I don't care what anyone says," Vivian said softly. "Because they don't know me." Remembering his sadness from the day before, she said. "You don't need to be jealous of Hodja. Instead, I will protect you, so you don't need to worry about me and do what you want. I'll let you choose for yourself."Jaime looked at her in surprise then smiled softly, gently, and happily. “So, Vivian, will you marry me?”Embarrassed after exposing herself, she just looked at him with her heart trembling in a way she never knew was possible. Everything seemed to be working mechanically as if set up that way - the words that flowed and the way Jaime acted. It was all inexplicable, it was so out of sync with what she really wanted.The moment he opened his arms, she ran forward, threw herself into his broad chest, and hugged him. As if to make up for the torture of the past few days, she hugged him tightly, burying her face in his shoulder to inhale his body odor. Jaime placed his hand behind her neck to h
"I told you so many times. Of course, I give that money to your two children. I spend all the good food and buy beautiful clothes for them, what else do you want? Don't call me again." The woman on the other end screamed before hanging up, leaving Mrs. Maggie alone with the scary death tone just now.Putting the phone down, she sighed and buried her face in her hands. She was disappointed. Nelly doesn't give her answers, no one tells her where Vivian or Hodja is. She couldn't understand what happened to them. All the money she sent to her children, what did that woman use it for? Nelly said she would take good care of Mrs. Maggie's two children, was that a lie?"Mrs. Maggie!" Mr. Miro called her.Pushing back her disappointment, the woman went to her husband's room. "Fill the water bottle for me."She looked at the water bottle on the table, took it, and quickly walked out. After filling the water bottle, she returned to the room, refilling the empty glass next to her. Handing it to t
“Dad, what are you talking about?”Once again, ignoring his son, he continued. "So let's get married. If you believe that you can love that girl for the rest of your life, I will let you do it."Jaime opened his eyes wide, shocked by the sudden announcement."Marriage is not like when you are dating. When you give a ring, it means you give your life and your life to that girl. You must promise her that you will do everything in your power to make her happy." He explained sincerely. "And that promise will absolutely never be broken."Looking into his son's eyes, he said. "If I don't come to your wedding, promise me one thing. That this marriage is not a mistake. That you will do anything to stay happy. If you want to spend your whole life your life with her, never give up."He hesitated before reaching out to take his son's hand for the first time since his wife died, and squeezed."You've grown, Jaime. I'm proud of you, son." The man smiled. "Always be happy."~~~~~The conversation w
"I heard Vivian talk a lot about you," Jaime said. "She always worries about you."Her younger brother smiled. "I've heard about you too. This is the first time Vivian has introduced her boyfriend to me. I feel a bit strange but it's okay. Vivian has taken care of me since childhood, now it's time for her to think for herself."Jaime smiled ostentatiously.A period of silence. Hodja then spoke. "Sister Vivian doesn't spend much time for herself just because of you, so I'm very worried about her future. Now I don't need to worry so much anymore."Hearing this, Jaime was blank for a second then he gently smiled."My sister has had an extremely difficult time trying to give me a good life, so I just hope that whatever happens to her is for the good. " Hodja said. "I'm sure Sister Vivian won't tell you about how she grew up, but I at least want you to know. Seeing how Sister Vivian brought you here shows that she likes you a lot."Jaime glanced at Vivian who was busy in the kitchen then t
Lifting the photo, Vivian brushed the dust from the surface of the glass. Hodja won't be coming to her wedding. She won't let him meet the mother who put them on this path. She would never introduce him to Jaime's family.She decided that after introducing him to her brother-in-law. How heartbroken Hodja will be when she discovers that they live on the streets, while their mother lives in wealth and warmth. They were forgotten, and the mother took care of two other children in their place.When Vivian thought about that, the reprehensible sadness hit her like someone punched her in the stomach with a fist. She and Hodja lived in poverty. Their mother left her difficult life behind and followed a rich man and lived with his well-off children.Her and Hodja's hearts were torn to pieces every day, that woman lived in laughter and children. When the children went to school, they had to live in an orphanage.When those children graduated from school, she had to work day and night to earn m
Vivian walked into the dining room – a spacious room right next to the kitchen decorated with beautiful things and bright paintings on the walls. A long table with five chairs was placed around it and the table was filled with delicious, fragrant dishes.Juke sat in his seat happily waiting for her with a small smile, showing off his bright white teeth. She guessed he was a clone of his dead father because she didn't see him looking like Jaime or his mother, she saw Tanya Miro in Jaime's photo.Vivian turned to look at Jaime as if asking if she could sit next to the child, he smiled and nodded. Jaime sat across from her. His mother put down a bowl of hot soup on the table. Vivian felt her eyes looking down at the table, she didn't have the courage to look at her biological mother."You cooked too many dishes today," Jaime said as the woman sat down in the chair next to him."Is that so? I don't know what my daughter-in-law likes to eat, so I cook all the dishes I can cook." She said,