Chapter 81: 81

Little Ayla POV

I can’t understand what is happening around me. I was sleeping but when I opened my eyes I found myself here in an unknown place while this bad uncle was holding me. But still, I didn’t feel scared unlike when I feel with others who I never met.

I argued here with the uncle but still, it was fun. As if I found a play friend. He even handed me hot cocoa which I absolutely love but that was until mom came. As mom came bad uncle took mom to somewhere while Uncle Jace looked after me.

I don’t need someone to look after me.

I’m a grown-up. I’m already five years old but no one listens.

I again waited for mom to come down but as she came and was about to take me to grandpa’s place the grumpy grandpa stopped us but mom didn’t let me hear what they are talking about as that was adult talk but that was until he introduced me to the other bad uncle telling me he will be my new dad.

But the question is what does dad mean?

That bad uncle told me to call him dad as well. Why? Why is everything so complicated? Why is mom telling me to call him dad when the bad uncle looks so upset when I look at him? What is happening?

"Ayla?"

Mom called me, making me snap out of my thoughts.

"What are you thinking baby?" she asked me in her soft angelic voice making me feel blessed to be born from her.

"Oh nothing", I said while she gently patted my head.

I looked at the bad uncle again when she didn’t even meet his eyes with mine. His brows looked frowned just like how aunt Kylie used to behave when she came from work and got mad for some reason but why is he frowning when he was happily playing with me a few minutes ago?

"Mommy", I tugged on mom’s shirt.

"Yes baby", she replied.

"Can I go to Uncle’s place?" I asked, looking toward Uncle Jace.

"Oh I will go with you as well", she said but I stopped.

"No mom, I’m going to say bye to Josh so I will go with Uncle," I said.

"But I want to go as well", she said.

"I will be quick", as I said uncle came forward and convinced her so we both left the place which was almost suffocating me.

So many questions running through my head but I don’t know. I don’t know why I am thinking when people around me keep telling me this is not the time for me to think but still I ended up thinking.

"What are you thinking Baby?" Uncle asked me while he was driving and I was sitting beside his driver’s seat.

"A Lot of things", I replied.

My voice may sound serious. But I can’t help it.

"Baby, you ok?" as he said my tears started rolling down my cheeks making me cry like a baby.

He screeched the car all of sudden and pulled me to his arm while I cried continuously. He didn’t ask me a single thing but kept on patting my back as if he knew something was wrong with me.

"I don’t understand things", I cried while saying.

"Mom is acting weird."

"The bad uncle looked at me with his sorrowful eyes but it hurt me a lot."

I don’t know how long I kept on blabbering but it’s feeling as if my head is about to burst.

I kept laying on his chest while I found myself standing in front of my uncle’s home. Uncle carried me inside while grandpa and another old woman came to me at high speed and held me.

Who’s this new old woman?

I never saw her.

"Thank God, you are safe", grandpa said and kissed on my forehead.

"Baby, you are not hurt, are you?" the other person asked while I shook my head as no and said, "Why would I be hurt when the bad uncle gave me hot cocoa and heard about my pranks? It was super fun."

"Bad uncle?" they asked.

"You are such a forgetful grandpa. The bad uncle who played hide and seek with us and made mom cry. You forgot?" I asked.

"Aaron?"

"Yeah maybe", I clearly don’t remember his name.

They took me inside and made me sit on the couch while Josh’s mom gave me water but I don’t know why they kept on surrounding me which made me push them far from me.

"I’m suffocating", I said.

I made a weird face in anger.

"Sorry Ayla", grandpa held his ear which made him feel as if he was really sweet just like a child.

"Yeah good", I smiled happily but I again remembered the thing mom said.

"I want to ask something", I said. They all looked at me, making me flinch.

"Baby, don’t be scared and say", Uncle rest assured me.

"What does dad mean?" they gave me the same reaction as I asked.

They kept staring at each other’s faces, making me confused.

"You don’t know?" I asked.

"Ah I know", grandpa answered but all of sudden the old woman took me to her lap.

"You don’t know what dad means?" she asked me the same way as the bad uncle asked.

I shook my head.

"Why do you call grandpa as grandpa?" she asked me the exact same way.

"Isn’t it a nickname for him from me?" I answered the same.

"Nickname?" she asked.

"Yeah, Aunt Kylie said that my mom’s dad should get a nickname from me which is grandpa so I call him that. The same as well goes for uncle Jace but I don’t even know why mom calls grandpa dad and why the bad uncle told me to call him dad and mom told me to call the other bad uncle dad."

As I said, they all stared at uncle Jace.

What’s happening?

"Jace, what happened?"

"Keeny, take Ayla inside", Aunt took me inside just the same way mom made my ears close that time.

I still went inside without asking anything. As I entered the room I saw Josh was crying and when he saw me he came cunningly toward me and hugged me.

"Where dwid you lwost?" His words are still so clumsy.

"I wasn’t lost", I patted his head and said,

"You dwid lwost", he repeated the same thing and cried.

Such a crybaby.

***

"Jace, what happened there?"

"Why was she talking like that?" Mrs White asked.

"Mom...

Jace stopped.

"What mom? Tell me?" she asked in a panic.

"Mom, I don’t know what happened between Aaron and Ayla but when we were about to return Morris King stopped us", Jace said.

"Morris?"

"Yeah, he kept arguing that we can’t take his grandchild even after Ayla threatened them to make it public", he said.

"So how did she come here? And where is Ayla?" she asked.

"Did something happen to her?"

"Stop with your act", Mr White interfered.

"Act?"

"Yeah, because you never ever cared about Ayla so why are you acting now?" Mr White asked.

"You won’t understand", Mrs White said and again turned to Jace.

"Shee...

"What is she’s?"

"She asked for something from Morris King", he hesitated.

"What was that?"

"She asked to be engaged to James Lee", as he said all frowned.

"What the hell are you saying!!!"

"It’s true mom. She is the one who made this proposal and he agreed. She even let Ayla call him dad which is why she is acting this way. She even cried while coming home as if she was thinking lots of things which she couldn’t even understand.

She said when Aaron looked sad she felt bad as well but being with him was fun. So indirectly the blood was acting up even if Ayla wanted to reveal it or not", Jace said, making them fall into a dilemma.

"So Ayla came here herself?" Mrs White asked again.

"Yeah she said she will come to say bye but I think she just wants to know what the dad means. She doesn’t even know what her dad is and who her dad is. Isn’t it too complicated for that little child? But seeing her crying all I can remember is Ayla’s crying face when she was in school." Jace looked down.

"I think it’s better to tell her the truth", Mr White said.

"What do you mean?" Mrs White asked.

"She should know the meaning of dad or if one day Ayla changes her mind or when she goes to school and her schoolmate explains to her she will be hurt and I don’t want to see a second Ayla becoming weak", Mr White said.

"What if it’s not something Ayla wants?"

"Still it’s important", he insisted.

"Fine, let’s explain", she agreed and walked toward their room.

***

"Ayla", someone called me so I turned and found the same old woman.

"Ah, what should I call you?" I should have asked before.

"Call?"

"Yeah I don’t know what nickname should I give you", I thought but I thought of nothing.

"Call me Helly", she said.

"Helly?"

"Yes, it’s my name", she smiled.

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