Kathleen's P.O.V.
.I just kept looking at the man who was trying to convince me to teach her daughter. It was not because he thought me as a good teacher. He didn't know me even. All he was trying to wipe the tear of his daughter's eye.He was just trying to make her smile again.Is this really how a father cares for his daughter!!Then why I was left behind all alone while crying? Why!!Breaking the chain of my thought, the man uttered, "Sister?"Finding nothing else to say, I spoke up, "You must be loving your daughter very much.""Of course. I mean every father loves his daughter.", hearing him say this, a word automatically came out of my mouth, "Really!"He got startled at my word and kept silent for a moment. Then before he could say something, the little girl and maybe her mother came closer to us.The girl was not crying then but tears were still visible on her cheeks. She kept looking at me hopefully.The woman then spoke up sadly, "Will it be much of trouble if you come to teach my daughter? You don't have to come everyday. If you can come twice or trice a week, even that will be enough. You can just think of this as visiting a little friend from time to time. But please don't say no."The little girl spoke up in between, "Aunt, you will come, right?"I was really in a dilemma. What to do, I wasn't getting. But one thing came to my mind and I spoke up, "Please, don't misunderstand me. But I don't think my father will"Interrupting me, my mind chided, "As if he cares about what you do! And you shouldn't think that you will be able to get his permission to do this. As you know to give you permission, he will need to listen to your word. And he doesn't have that time to listen to you."I was lost in my own thought when the woman again spoke up, "Then talk to him. I don't think he would mind as you are just helping us for our daughter. Being the father of a girl, he will obviously understand. And don't worry about other things. Our driver will pick you up from your place and get you back there."What she said after that, nothing was going through my mind as one line was echoing in it, 'Being the father of a girl, he will obviously understand.'I came out of my thought when the man extended a card towards me and said, "Keep it. It's my business card. After talking to your father, give me a call."Taking the card, I was about to leave without saying anything but the woman again spoke up, "Hey?"I turned back and she said, "I didn't get your name yet.""I am Kathleen." I said with a little bit of smile."Nice name. I am Alina." She was about to say something more but the little girl spoke up happily in between"I am Rose."I laughed at her cuteness and couldn't help saying, "I must say, your daughter is very cute."Rose was laughing happily and the man looking at her, spoke up, "Yeah, she is." then turning to me, he continued, "Thank you. By the way, I am Ace and you can think me as your brother. Hope to hear some good news from you."At that, I just smiled and left from there saying, "Bye."But I could hear Rose asking her father, "Dad, aunt will come, right?"When he wasn't responding, Rose pleaded, "Dad please."I didn't get to hear anything for his answer as I got pretty distant from them by then but was very sure what he would have answered her."What should I do!" I left the park while thinking like this.☣Whereas Alina and Ace left the park while answering Rose's repeated questions."Mom, Aunt will come, right?""Dad, she will come, right?"They were glancing at each other hopefully while answering, "Yes, Princess. She will."☣Adrian's P.O.V..While working on the project in campus, I kept thinking about Rose, "She will be fine, right?"Giving my thought a break, I decided to call Alina to know for myself.When she answered the call, I spoke immediately, "Alina, how is" but couldn't complete my say.Rose spoke up interrupting me, "It's Rose, Uncle."By her voice, though I could tell she was fine, I asked for myself, "How are you, Princess?""Good. But Uncle, she will come, right?" When she said that she was fine, I felt relieved. But the question she asked after that I didn't understand even for a bit.So I asked again, "Who are you talking about, Princess? Who is she?""Who is she! She is Aunt." she answered innocently.I laughed at that and said, "Aunt? Okay. But princess, how am I supposed to know whether she would come when I don't even know this aunt of yours?"Rose replied to me questioningly, "When you will come home, I will introduce her to you, okay?"I didn't understand who was she talking about. So I thought of asking Alina and asked her "Okay. Where is your Mom, princess?""Mom is downstairs, Uncle."Hearing her answer, I spoke up, "Tell her to call me, okay?""Okay Uncle. Bye." saying this, she cut off the line and I uttered, "Aunt? Who could be she?"Shane was beside me and hearing me, he gave me a questioning look.When I gave him the same look, he asked me suspiciously, "Who is she?"Not understanding him, I asked him, "Who are you talking about?""Rose's Aunt. Who is she?""I don't know. And Shane, don't start again. Focus on your work." Answering him in a cold tone, I started working again.After a few minutes, my mobile rang off. I looked at the caller ID and answered the call immediately.But before Alina could say anything, I asked her, "About the girl, Rose is talking about who is she?" and Shane laughed out hearing me only to stop after getting a glare from me."Kathleen. Rose is insisting on getting tuition from her." Alina normally replied to me."Who is this Kathleen? Do you know her well?" I asked her as I didn't recognise anyone of that name.But when she answered, "No. Rose met her today at the park. We just happened to know her then."I got angry and spoke up, "What the! Alina why do you let Rose to get along with any random girl? What if she is a bad girl and might have any ulterior motive behind this!"But my sister, being herself tried to defend the girl whom she didn't even know well and said, "Adrian, we should trust on others first. If you think good, good things will come to your way. By the way she didn't look like a bad girl and Rose or you can say, we tried to convince her to tutor Rose. She still hasn't agreed."When I didn't answer her, she again spoke up, "Adrian, we are not sending your Princess to her house or outside with her. She will come to our house. And here I will be with Rose always, right? Then why are you worrying?"I still wasn't convinced and spoke up, "Alina, I just don't want any random person around my Princess. That's it. And anyways, I am not feeling good about this."Alina again said, "Adrian, you are thinking way too much. You know when at first Kathleen didn't agree to tutor Rose, she was crying badly." only to make me get angrier.And I spoke up in utter annoyance, "What the! She already made my Princess cry and here you are saying that she is not a bad girl. Is it so?"Alina uttered again, "Adrian, you are not getting the point. I am just saying, she wasn't trying to get along with Rose or us intentionally. And you know Rose. Whenever she feels rejected, she starts crying."I just cleared my point saying, "Alina, just make sure that my Princess is safe and happy. And of course you guys too. I am coming back in a few days. Then I will handle everything. ""Okay. You too take care. Have your lunch on time, okay?""Okay, bye." saying this, I cut off the line and uttered, "I am not feeling good about this girl whoever she is."Shane uttered while looking at his laptop screen, "Was there even a single time when you felt good about a girl!"After giving him a death glare, I focused on my work.☣Kathleen's P.O.V..When I arrived home, it was already evening. I walked to my room and got freshen up first. When I got out, I heard my phone ringing. It was Jeni. I answered the call immediately and before she could say something, I spoke up, "It's good that you called."With a concerned voice, she spoke up, "Why? Anything happened?"When I spoke up, "Nothing like that but I just wanted to tell you something.", she seemed to feel relieved as she said, "I thought..Anyways, tell me."I told her everything whatever happened in the park and she listened to me without any interruption.She kept silent for a moment after hearing me then spoke up, "What are you going to do?"I spoke up, "I am not understanding what to do. What do you think, I should do?""Kathleen, think about yourself first. Do you think, your family will allow you to go there? You know what I mean.""I know Jeni. But you know, Rose is so." she didn't let me complete and spoke up sadly, "Kathleen, I am hating myself for saying this but the thing is you are neither Rose nor in her situation. She has more than enough people to care for her but what about you? Think carefully before taking any decision."Then I heard someone calling Jeni. So I spoke up, "Okay. You go. We will talk later. Bye."Cutting off the line, I went to balcony. I could feel cool breeze blowing. I kept thinking about whatever Jeni said.From whatever I saw at the park, I could easily tell Rose has more than enough people to care for her but the helpless look and the efforts Rose's parents were putting to convince me to say yes to make their daughter smile was bothering me.To divert my mind, I took a story book and laid down on the bed while reading it. Remaining like this, I fell asleep, I didn't know when.When I woke up, it was pretty late at night. Getting freshen up, I hurried downstairs and found Mary setting the table for dinner.In the dinning table, I tried to say about Rose."Dad, I wanted to_" but didn't get to complete as he spoke up, "Do whatever you feel like."I didn't utter anything after that and completed my dinner silently and like everyday, Dad and Nathan went on gossiping.But nothing was getting through my mind as it went on chiding, "See, I told you. You will never be able to get to say your words to them let alone taking his permission. So do whatever you feel like."After completing my meal, I get back to my room and thought of calling them and say no. I didn't want them to hold onto a false hope.I just wanted that my call to get answered by anyone of Rose's parents but to my luck, Rose answered the call and asked, "Who are you?"When I said, "I am Kathleen."She seemed to start jumping and excitedly said, "Aunt Kathleen!"Hearing her cheerful tone, I lost my words and she spoke up again, "You are coming to teach me, right?"Though I called to say no but hearing her, I didn't get myself to make her cry again and spoke up, "Yes. I will."☣Little did I know, I was getting myself to stumble on something which was going to change my life beyond my imagination...Kathleen's P.O.V..Though I called to say no, hearing Rose's cheerful tone, I didn't get myself to make her cry again and spoke up against my own decision, "Yes. I will."Hearing me, she uttered excitedly, "Really!"I replied smilingly, "Like really. " and she started shouting, "Mom, Dad.. Aunt will come here. Yaay!"Then I heard her father saying, "Rose, stop jumping around, Princess. You will get hurt.""Dad, Aunt said that she will come here." Rose said that happily again and I heard him saying, "Great. Now let me talk to her.""Okay. Talk to her." saying this, Rose might have handed the phone to her father as I heard him, "Thank you, Kathleen. Thank you very much. You made my Princess so happy by saying yes. I am really grateful to you, sister.""It's okay. You don't need to thank me." I said to him politely. Then he again spoke up, "Are you coming tomorrow? Tell me your address. I will send a car to pick you up."I refused that saying, "It's not necessary, Mr. Ace. I will manag
Kathleen's POVI woke up pretty early in the morning like always but then I kept laying down on my bed and tried to get some sleep in a futile attempt only to get up being unable after a while.I got freshen up and then went downstairs to get a cup of coffee. Taking the cup, I went outside of the mansion and walked towards the garden which I always looked at from the balcony of my room.While standing there, I kept thinking about random stuffs and sipping my coffee. I was lost in my thoughts when I heard someone uttering my name, "Kathleen?"I turned around and found Mary, our maid standing there.I looked at her as she spoke up, "What are you doing there?""Nothing. Let's go. I will help you making breakfast today." saying this, I walked inside the mansion. Mary tried to stop me and spoke up, "It's not necessary. I will make it.""It's okay, Mary.", saying this, I entered the kitchen. When breakfast was prepared, it was almost 8:30 by morning. I went upstairs to take a quick shower
Adrian's P.O.V..Today when I entered the central library, Shane was already present there working on his laptop. With a frowning face, I went up to him and took a seat beside him.He didn't even notice me but continued his work. I couldn't help being sarcastic and spoke up, "Shane, you here! This early! Is everything alright?"He glared at me and then turned to his laptop screen again. He was scrolling down and turning to the next pages while searching something.I got surprised at his behaviour as he was a person who believes, "If it's not on the first search page on Google, it doesn't even exist."I asked him casually, "What happened, Shane? You are looking quite serious."He spoke up in a disappointed tone, "Thesis project submission date has been declared. And it is by the end of this month. Like literally THIS month. Can you believe it?"But hearing him, I got excited. Though I didn't know when the submission will be, I already told Alina that by the end of this month, I will g
Kathleen's P.O.V..Entering into my home, I rushed to my room. Getting freshen up, I stood in my balcony for a while and then I got downstairs. Mari was preparing our dinner. So I helped her in the kitchen. When dinner was almost prepared, Dad and Nathan came back from office. They were still looking tensed and directly went to their respective rooms. "Maybe they are going through difficulties in business." I thought in mind.I wanted to know what's going on with them. I wanted to talk to them. I wanted them to talk to me. I wanted to be a part of this family but I never made it to be one. I tried my best but only to get failed. They had always ignored me. And I still don't even know why!At dinner time in the dinning table, I thought of talking to them but seeing their face, I lost my confidence. After finishing my meal silently, I cleared the table and got back to my room. Entering my room, I heard my phone ringing. It was Jeni. Picking up the phone, I went towards balcony. She
Williams MansionKathleen was sleeping but suddenly got awakened having a dream. She didn't remember the full thing but some words of her brother, Nathan kept echoing in her mind."It's all because of you. You mean nothing to me. You were just an unwanted person in our family and in our life."Remembering the words and Nathan's bloodshot giving eyes, she started sobbing and uttering to herself, "Being a sister is nothing. Absolutely nothing."She got startled when her phone started ringing all of a sudden. She looked at the clock and it was almost midnight.She looked at the phone screen and the number was unknown and from some other country. Wiping her eyes, she received the call while pondering who could be it.Adrian's P.O.V.Without thinking too much I dialed the number of Kathleen and kept waiting for her to attend to the call.The phone kept ringing. When I thought the call got cut off, I heard a meek voice."Hello.."To get confirmed, I uttered, "Kathleen?""Yes, but who are yo
Alina's P.O.V. Adrian cut off the line and I uttered under my breath, "What should I do with this boy!" I just don't get what's the problem he finds with Kathleen. The girl seemed really nice to me but my brother somehow took her on his bad dictionary. I know it's rare to hear something good words from him as a person and if the person is a girl, it's rarer. But for Kathleen, he is becoming extreme day by day. I wonder what will happen when these two will come face to face. My chain of thought got interrupted when I felt Rose hugging me from back while uttering, "Mom, I am up." With a smile, I took her in my arms and uttered, "Finally, the morning of you came!" she just gave me a toothy smile and got down from my arms, and went out of the room running. I started running following her while shouting, "Rose, get freshen up first, princess." After a while, I sat in the living room tired of running and she then spoke up still being at a distance, "Mom, when will Aunt be coming today
Adrian's P.O.V. . I was so happy to be able to be back to my homeland. I didn’t tell anyone to give them a surprise. I was impatiently waiting to be home and see the happy and excited faces of Alina and Rose. I got a taxi and forwarded home. But to my luck, I got stuck in a traffic jam. Annoyed, I put down the glass and looked outside. I was looking outside normally when some words got my attention. A young man was begging for some money for her sister as she was ill. Hearing that, I felt sad and looked hopefully toward the person whom he was begging. It was a girl of young age. I thought she would help him but to my utter surprise, she uttered something that just boiled my blood up and went away. “Stop this nonsense. There is nothing like brother and sister. Just get lost from here.” I uttered in extreme anger, “What the!” and got out of my car. The young man kept looking towards the girl with watery eyes as she went away. I went up to him and forwarded some money. When he gav
Kathleen's P.O.V. I took Rose in my arms and got inside Knight Mansion. Seeing me, Alina spoke up, "Finally you came! Rose was waiting for you since long back." Hearing her, I just smiled a little and caressed Rose's hair and Alina continued, "You two go to the poolside. I will be there after a while." I took Rose to the poolside and sat on our as usual table which was already set for us. I was about to take a book, when Rose spoke up, "Aunt, I have something for you." I smilingly asked her, "What?" She just uttered, "Wait a moment. I am bringing it." and ran inside. In these few days Rose and I really got closer. Though I got sad and watery eyes, whenever I saw the extra care of her parents towards her, still I liked time spending with her and in this house. These people are totally opposite of the people of my house. Though I am a stranger for them, they have started caring of me like near ones or I should say family. My chain of thought got interrupted when Rose came runnin