Bad Memories

Damien entered the room and saw Zia sitting on the bed. She was caressing Kaya's head who had fallen asleep. Her head was placed on Zia's lap. 

Noticing his presence, Zia looked at him. With a sigh, he walked towards them. Sitting on the bed, Damien glanced at Kaya's face. Her tear stains were still clearly visible on her cheeks. 

Exhaling sharply, he gently kneaded that kid's hair. He still couldn't believe his own son got so harsh on that girl who had saved his mother's life by putting her own life at risk.

"Did you scold him?" Zia asked, a bit worried. Damien huffed before nodding gently. He looked at his wife.

"I didn't want to, Zia, but he left me with no other option, mi vida," This time Damien sounded upset too. It was not like he loved scolding his son. He just wanted what was good for him.  

"After the way he was talking to her and the things he said to her, I just couldn't make myself to ignore his behaviour anymore," 

Zia sighed. She placed her palm over his hand and clutched it.

"It's okay. Sometimes, we have to go a little hard on our children, so that we can make them strong enough to deal with the actual hardness of life," she uttered to him, gently. Zia knew her husband had turned restless after scolding their son. Damien loved his son more than his own self, but at the same time, he didn't want his son to take that path in his life which he had chosen in his past.

"She is beautiful, ain't she?" Zia said, smiling while looking at Kaya's peacefully sleeping face. Damien beamed at her words and nodded in agreement.

"We have to make Zian understand that she is not here for any bad intentions. In fact, she has no intentions at all," Damien spoke. Zia agreed to her husband.

"Give him some time. I am sure Zian will start understanding everything and will even accept her as a part of her family," Zia said, beaming amiably. With a soft sigh, Damien nodded gently before focusing his gaze on Kaya's serene face and uttering.

"Hope so, he will start understanding her soon,"

………

Understanding was far away, Zian couldn't even accept the fact that his own parents scolded him so badly just because of that mute. They prioritised her over their own son. 

Zian clutched the railing of his room's balcony. He was gazing at the darkness of the night while recalling everything that had happened a little while ago. His sleep had long lost him. Now his whole being was screaming that only thing….throw that ugly rat out of his house before it started nibbling his relationship with his parents and ruined it completely.

Next morning, Zia and Damien were making breakfast for everyone. Like always, they still hadn't stopped cooking together. They would at least cook one meal of the day together and mostly it was breakfast.

They both were busy preparing breakfast when a knock on the kitchen's door grabbed their attention.

"Kaya," Zia flashed a warm smile to Kaya who was standing at the door. The little girl beamed back. 

"Come here," she invited her in. Kaya walked towards the couple who offered her a warm grin.

"Why did you wake up so early, sweetheart? Didn't you sleep well?" Zia asked. Kaya shook her head. She made them understand through her signs that she slept well but she was habitual of waking up early and she didn't even need to tell them the reason behind it anymore.

The couple didn't let her mood turn bad. Holding a cupcake from the tray, he extended it towards Kaya.

"Will our Kaya do us the honour of tasting this cupcake which we have prepared for her?" He uttered, making her smile. Her heart filled with happiness. She nodded and took that cupcake from him. 

Kaya ate it and the couple noticed her golden eyes twinkled in joy after eating it. She looked extremely happy. Kaya showed a thumbs up to the couple, making them chuckle.

"Thank you so much. Do you want more?" Damien asked. Kaya turned a bit embarrassed. How could she tell them that she wanted to eat more? 

Lowering her head, she shook her head in denial. Damien smiled before extending the full tray of cupcakes to her. He sat on his feet in front of her.

"You don't have to feel uneasy while asking for anything from us. Fulfilling your every happiness is like a blessing for us because you have come into our lives as a blessing, Kaya,"

Kaya slowly took her head upward, hearing Damien. He smiled before placing his hand on her head.

"By saving my Zia, you saved my life that day and that's what makes you blessing for me, my child," 

Her heart dwelled, processing his words. No one had ever treated her so tenderly and warmly after her parents left her, but these two humans, who were complete strangers to her a couple of weeks ago, had now started creating a special place in her heart. 

Without saying anything, Kaya wrapped her arms around Damien's neck and hugged him like a child hugged his guardian. Both Damien and Zia beamed. Damien cradled her head.

"Okay now eat these cupcakes, our beautiful little muffin," Damien couldn't help but gently squeezed that kid's chubby soft cheeks. Zia chuckled along with Kaya.

They both fed her the cupcakes, which turned her eyes glossy because she couldn't help but remember that time when Paul used to barely give her any food to eat. He used to starve her just to make her listen to his inhuman demands and orders.

The couple saw those tears glistening in her eyes and they immediately understood why they were there in her eyes. Cupping her face, Zia planted a gentle kiss on Kaya's forehead.

"Don't let your bad memories ruin your beautiful and happy moments, my baby. Focus on your happiness because me and your uncle Damien are going to protect our Kaya from every kind of sadness. We promise you that," Zia said, wiping her watery eyes. In her response, Kaya embraced Zia and snuggled her face in her neck. It was the kind of warmth and love she had always wanted and needed and now her broken soul was finally getting it.

……….

"We still can't say anything when she is going to get her voice back," the therapist uttered to Damien. The therapist had come to Damien's home to perform a session on Kaya and after getting done with the session, the therapist was updating Kaya's condition to Damien.

"But let's not lose hope. The possibilities are very minor but they are still there," 

Damien sighed before nodding at the therapist. 

"And yes, the thing I told you about. Bring it to her as soon as possible. It will create a positive impact on her, both mentally and emotionally and it will be good for her safety and security too," the therapist reminded him to which Damien nodded again.

"Take care," saying that the therapist left from there.

Damien went to their house's garden where he saw his wife and Kaya playing. A wide smile was playing on both the females' faces. He smiled at them and then joined them.

Almost at the time of afternoon, Kaya was sitting on the sofa and was watching a movie. She selected the movie on her own.

The girl was enjoying the movie when the hero suddenly pecked the heroine's lips. Kaya's cheeks turned pink. She immediately changed the channel while smiling sheepishly but immediately all the happiness from her face faded when she saw that person stepping inside the hall.

His cold blue eyes glanced at her, making her gulp. Last night what he said to her immediately started echoing in her head. Shutting off the TV, Kaya got down from the sofa and ran away from there.

Zian scowled watching her dashing away from there after watching him like he was about to kidnap her. Ugly little rat. He frowned and then took out his phone. Dialling his friend, John's number, he uttered as soon the call got connected.

"Yeah ……I will be there tonight on time. Prepare everything," Zian uttered on the call, without being aware that …….. that night something was going to happen which was going to change not only just his but her life too….. something so treacherous that was going to change his disliking towards her into a cruel hatred.