All Chapters of Persistence: Chapter 61 - Chapter 70

>* If you quit on your dream and give up. You'll never know how great you can be. *****" I am really glad, Mary has a brother like you who is willing to guide her all the way... " Malisa said sincerely as she took the last sip of her tea, before dropping the glass carefully on saucer which was on the table. " Hm... She's also lucky to have a sister like you, you know... There's a limit to what I can do. When she gets to her middle teens there will be a lot of things I won't be able to help her with both physically, emotionally and mentally... " " You are right, I guess... " " By the way, how did you cope in your middle teens? " Aiden inquired... " Well...it wasn't that difficult as I kept all my thoughts to myself and only spoke when I was asked to. I never shared my dreams and desires with anyone, not with my mom as I knew she'd only end up laughing at me to scorn if I did. So I kept it all to myself. " " Hm... That must be hard. " " Yeah... It was. But it got bett

>* You can be anything if you dare to dream... *****All of a sudden Malisa recalled something and so she slowly detached herself from Aiden's embrace. " Are your wounds healed up yet? " She asked with concern. Aiden who had been wondering why she detached herself all of sudden from his embrace smiled before replying, " They have... " " Oh... " Malisa was relieved. " I am fine now thanks to you... " He said meaningfully. " Well... It was nothing really... I just did what I had to at that point, you know... " " Hm... Still I feel I won't be able to thank you enough. " " Well... I am happy to know that you are also AB negative. " " Oh... Why? "" You know, I got severely injured once from mistakenly cutting my hands with the kitchen knife... Due to the amount of blood I lost, I needed a blood donation. My parents volunteered to donate their blood to me. But after some tests were carried out. It was found out that they had a different blood type so they can't donate

>* Sometimes it's harder to forgive a friend than an enemy.. but we just have to try. ***** The trio chatted for some minutes more before finally getting ready for sleeping. " Sis... How about I stay in your room tonight? " Mary stopped all of a sudden and turned to face Malisa. Malisa stared briefly at Aiden before replying. " Sure. " " Okay, sis... " " Hm... Goodnight, Aiden... " Malisa turned to say. " Sweet dreams, Mali... " He smiled back at her. " Same here. "" Goodnight, brother... "" Night, night. Princess. " He replied, leaving a quick peck on her forehead." Thanks, Bro... " Mary said before following Malisa to her room....****Weeks later... Malisa was sitting on the swing in the garden as she read through a textbook... Her entrance examination was coming up and she was studying hard for it...Just as she was supposed to. Perhaps it's because she hadn't faced any real examination before, so she wasn't that nervous...She believed that as long as sh

>* You just need to keep trying till you win. *****The car soon arrived at a fair... Malisa was surprised, she didn't hear of a fair going on... So how is it possible that there's one going on without her knowledge?Well... I guess she had forgotten that she can only know about something that Aiden wanted her to. If he didn't want her to know then there's no way she would. " So what do you think of my surprise? " Aiden's voice Interrupted her from her thoughts. " It's not bad. " She smiled... " I'll take that as a compliment then... " He said parking the car in the parking lot. Just before Malisa could open the door on her side, he had already turned over and helped her to... " Let me. " He said, opening the door and then holding out his hand towards her..Malisa smiled, taking his hand. " Merci. " " You are welcome. " The fair was filled with people from different races who came to celebrate. " So what's fair about? " Malisa asked Aiden as they walked towards the c

>* Don't stay stuck living someone else's dreams and not finding your own. * ***** Minutes later, the awards ceremony finally took place... " On behalf of AGT I present this golden award to you... " The head Judge said as he presented the golden award to Malisa... Malisa accepted the award with shaky hands but the moment she received the award... She became confident once again and lifted the awards up in the air. " I did it! " Only those who knew of her story would be able to understand the deeper meaning behind her words... Though some other people could feel the intense emotions in those three lettered words too... " Congratulations, Miss Bree... " Another Judge congratulated her too with a smile... " Thanks... " Malisa replied with a bow... Later, after all the formalities had been done and Malisa and she received her cheque too... She headed backstage where Mary and Aiden were waiting for her... Surprisingly she also found Gabriella there...Jus