Chapter 41: 41

"You? What are you two doing here?" Mr White asked.

"I have something to talk about with Ayla", Mrs White said.

"But I won’t let you go to her", he said as if he was marking a line between them.

"Dad, what are you saying?" Jace came forward but that didn’t work in his favour.

"You better keep your mouth shut or just get out of this place", Mr White said in a low tone.

"Dad, what has gotten to you?"

"Why are you being like this all of sudden?"

"First of all when you came here you didn’t even inform us and now when we are here to meet Ayla you are forbidding us. And now you are even being rude to me", Jace kept on saying as if he had no idea what is wrong with his behaviour.

"Tell me dad what is going on?" Jace again tried to force him but he didn’t say anything but sat on the couch arranging some paper.

"Dad, now you are ignoring us!!!"

"He is not ignoring all but u", Dan answered while Jace glared at him.

"And who are you?"

"I think you better ask your mother who I am?" Dan responded, making Jace look toward Mrs White.

"What happened? Mrs White? Won’t you tell him who I am?" Dan said.

"Mom, dad, what is going on here?"

"Could you both tell me?"

"Could you please stop treating me like a child when I already grew up a lot and now have a job too?"

"What’s with all these secrets? Just tell me for the fuck’s sake!!!" His voice was loud which made Jenny and Kylie come down, attracting everyone’s attention.

"Uncle, did something happen? Even if something happened, could you please tell outside or I think she will take up when she is just falling asleep", Jenny said in a polite tone.

"Yeah we will so you two go inside I will handle it here", Mr White said while they went inside. But he didn’t stop there but walked toward Jace and slapped him making him fall to the floor.

"Didn’t I say not to say out loud? Or do you think my words are not worth any more?"

"Dad", his voice was low.

"Do I have to explain that she is sick and couldn’t even move which is why I came here and now she is sleeping peacefully? Or you again came here to say she is not behaving like your daughter and made her feel like an outcast?"

"I have been silent for a long time."

"I have been trying hard to not let anything slip through my hand but what to do when I have such an unfilial son who was good only when he was good but the more he grew up he became such an asshole or should I say blood can’t lie?"

"Husband", Mr White called out.

"What do you want me to stop?" He is still speaking in a low pitch.

"You know why she is in this position?" he said looking toward Jace.

"It is because you made her feel she is not one of us."

"I don’t know what made you feel she is acting when you clearly saw how she been in a coma for a year which made all of us lose hope that one day she will wake up and call all of us but still you dared to say she is acting and she is not my daughter?"

"Do you even know the meaning?"

Everything was so calm which is why even his low pitch was echoing damn loud piercing their eardrum.

"No, you don’t because you have both parents and don’t know the pain of losing parents at a young age."

Finally, he spoke.

"Da, what are you saying?" Jace asked in a panicked tone.

"Husband, stop now!!! No more please I beg you!!!" Mrs White was looking more panicked than Jace.

"You heard it correctly because she lost her parents when she was only a year old."

"Dad, say it’s a lie!!!"

"Taylor stop!!!" Mrs White tried to stop.

"It’s not a lie."

"She was my friend’s daughter who died in an attack by his brother for property and with the attack, his wife too died but somehow she survived ."

"When all of us found her she was crawling under a tree while she was bawling her eyes out. I can’t even explain the feelings." Mr White said.

He started explaining his feelings about how he saw Ayla crying while her forehead had blood. He was not the only one who was found but Dan and another friend of theirs saw her and rescued her but at last, the question occurred who will raise the child?

Raising her was not a big deal but hiding her away from her uncle was their main motive. They were scared that the person who killed her parents would come back to her and try to kill her for the property. What if someone just looks away for a second and the other second they will see her dead body?

Those feelings are scary.

"Taylor, I think you are the best person to raise her", One of the friends said.

"Me?" Taylor asked.

"Yeah, you as you already have a son. You know how to raise a kid more gently than anyone and one more thing is you have a good atmosphere which will make her happy too", he suggested.

"Yes, Taylor you are the one we can leave her to", Dan said.

"But what if I can’t ?" Taylor asked.

"You will, we are sure ."

"Just look at her how she is crawling onto you even though she is sleeping now. She was wary of all of us but she is not wary of you and let you get closer to her, hold her and touch her."

"Yeah I can see", Taylor smiled looking at her.

Flashback ends.

"So she is not my real sister?" Jace asked.

"What do you mean real or not? So if she is not given birth by your mother she is not real and fake?" Mr White asked.

"It’s not that dad."

"Then what?"

"I don’t know if it is your words that made her think about this or if any of you purposely let her know about her birth secret. But if I really come to know the truth then the consequences won’t be good as for me she is my own even if she is not." he glared toward Mrs white.

Jace looked toward her too but he couldn’t bring himself to ask.

"So can we meet her?" he asked again.

"No from now on no one will meet her, especially you and your mother", he strictly said, making them take their feet backwards.

"Dad!!"

"I don’t want to have the feeling of losing her one time."

"Even if she never gets the love of a mother, I will love her with all my whole heart."

"Dad, how could you say she didn’t get the love of a mother? Dad, you clearly know how much mom loves her. Even the day she left home mom took her side but not mine. So how could you blame your mother for this???"

"Jace, you don’t know the entire thing so you better stay silent."

"No, I won’t know so don’t hide anything from me anymore." Jace insisted.

"I’m telling you because when I borough Ayla your mother is the one who didn’t bother to see her. She looked away from her and locked herself in the room without even sparing a single glance from her."

"You know that child was clearly crying to have her but she looked at her as if she hated her without any reason."

" I don’t know if it’s because she is someone I brought or she just doesn’t want to raise another child which is not her?"

"I still don’t understand."

"Taylor, stop it!!!" Mrs White said.

"Why?"

"You are crossing limits."

"Limits? Is there any limit to your hatred?"

"Have you ever looked at her without seeing Jace first?"

"If not then you have no right to say I’m crossing the limit. I even warned you that day when you went to her and asked if she hated you for not telling her anything like that but I think your mistakes don’t even take the name of stoppage."

"I....

Mr White was about to say when he heard a voice.

"What’s going on here?"

He turned to see when he found Ayla at top of the stairs.

"Baby", his voice was low as well as gentle.

"What are you doing here?" she asked again.

"Baby, you should rest first. You didn’t heal properly so go to your room", he said while walking toward her when she said, "Is it true?"

"Ha!"

"I asked if it is true?"

"What is it?" he asked.

"You know what I’m asking?"

"If it is true?"

She kept on asking to hope for an answer but the place was cold as ice.

"Dad, tell me the truth!! Is it true that I’m not your daughter?" her tears started falling from her eyes.

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