chapter 8

Chapter 8

At the airport…

When Ella and her kids exited the plane, they were all excited. Ella stood at the pavement and took a deep breath in, inhaling and exhaling for a few seconds, before she revealed a sweet smile.

Five years, and she was finally back to the place she left without looking back. She had left in tears but, this time, she had returned full of happiness.

Clare looked at her mom’s happy expression, and she felt her mood improve. Although her mommy has always shown them her best side, she has never seen her this happy and at ease. It was like all the burdens that she has been carrying on her shoulders had finally weighed down.

“Mommy, so you were born here?” she asked.

“Yes. I am so happy to be back.” Ella revealed her white canines and her eyes turned into crescents.

“Mommy, you said that daddy leaves here, does that mean that we will have a chance of meeting him?” Clarissa, who was sucking on a candy, asked as she looked at her mother with twinkling eyes.

When Ella heard her daughter, she was stumped. There was a time her kids had pestered her about the whereabouts of their father. Not knowing what to say, she said that there was a misunderstanding between them, and he remained in her home country while she moved abroad.

She had even promised that she will take them to him when the time was right. At that time, she had thought of relocating overseas permanently, and she had planned on finding someone to spend the rest of her life with after she had stabilized her life enough.

Who would have thought that she will be back only after five years?

“Uh…” She had no idea what to say as she looked at her daughter awkwardly.

Carl Smith, the fourth of the quintuplet, looked at his mother’s awkward expression and realized that something was wrong.

Although he was the most quiet and rarely spoke, he was very sensitive when it came to emotions, and he was also very close to his mother.

He was the first one to ask about their father, and when he realized that his mother was reluctant to talk about it, and there was even a hint of pain in her eyes whenever they brought up the topic, he realized that there must be more to the story.

He had warned his siblings never to bring it up, but since they were all excited today to be in the place where their mother came from, they must have forgotten, and thus accidentally brought it up.

He only prayed that whoever that man was, he did not hurt his mother in the past, or else, he would never forgive him. He also needed to have a word with his siblings, to prevent them from bringing up anything that would hurt their mother.

“Mommy, I need to use the washroom,” Carl said, breaking the awkward atmosphere. He sent his other siblings glares, and they got his message.

“Mommy, we are so pressed. We have to use the washrooms before we leave this place.”

Ella sighed in relief after realizing that the danger has been averted. She looked at her fourth son gratefully and rubbed his head gently before she led her kids to the washroom.

“Boys, you will be fine on your own, right?”

“Yeah, Mommy, don’t worry about us.” Clare declared.

“I was talking about the boys, and that does not include you, sweetheart.” Ella chuckled as she looked at her daughter.

It was only then that Clare realized that she was actually a girl. “Aargh.” She grunted before she followed her mother, making her brothers fall into fits of laughter.

In the men's washroom…

“Guys, we had agreed that we are not supposed to ask anything concerning our father,” Carl spoke as he looked at his brothers.

“It was that princess. You know that she has no sense and she is always insensitive. I saw how awkward Mommy looked after she brought up the question, and I realized that something was not right.”

“You only realized that now?” Carl looked at his big brother with disdain.

“Bro, not everyone has your discerning powers.” Castro looked at Carl and gave him a cheeky smile.

“But bro, are you not curious to know the bastard that impregnated our mommy and left her to fend for herself?”

“I am, of course, curious. We have to find that man, but not through Mom. What if that man had hurt Mommy, won’t we be hurting her even more if we bring it up? I say we do this our way. If by any chance that man did anything that hurt Mommy, then we will destroy him.” Caleb, the firstborn, said.

“Aye, big bro. I agree with you.”

“We will do that. Although it will seem like looking for a needle in a haystack, as long as we are determined, there is nothing, that we, the legendary Smiths, cannot accomplish.”

As they were washing their hands, a tall man entered the washroom. He had an air of nobility around him, and anyone who saw him would not be able to take his eyes off him.

His face was extremely handsome, and the bangs that fell on his face enhanced his beauty. There was a mysterious allure in them that enchanted everyone that looked at him.

The black suit on his body perfectly suited him, revealing his perfectly well-toned muscles and broad chest.

“Boss, it has been over five years now and we have not been able to find anything. Should we keep looking?” A man, who was also dressed in a black suit, asked, as he looked at the handsome man with respect. He was the man’s assistant and he has been with him for many years.

“Continue looking. There is no way someone can disappear into thin air. No matter how many years it takes, you have to find her.”

“But boss, after everything that happened, maybe she was too hurt, and that was why she decided to hide herself. Do you think that she will want anything to do with…”

Before the man could finish his sentence, an angry growl left his boss’s lips, “Shut the hell up.”

Tony, who was the man’s assistant, shook his head and sighed.

After realizing that the woman he hurt his wife for, was a fucking, lying, bitch, and had even lied to him that the bastard she was carrying was actually his child, he was so mad that he immediately banished her from the city.

His grandfather, after realizing that he had divorced Ella, for someone else, and had even done all those things to her, was so mad that he ended up dying two months later.

When Daniel returned to his senses, and realized that he had to look for Ella, it was too late and the woman seemed to have vanished from the face of the earth.

After the kids were done with their business, they turned around ready to look for their mother and sisters, but to their surprise, they came in contact with a handsome face that looked exactly like theirs.

Carl was the first to notice the man since he was one in front. He stopped abruptly and his other siblings almost knocked in him.

“Bro, what is it? Why are you not moving?” Castro asked as he went to his brother’s side.

Carl did not say anything but pointed at the man who was approaching from the door.

Caleb and Castro followed his gaze and when they saw the man, they were so shocked that their jaws almost dropped on the ground.

Daniel was also stunned when he saw three, cute little boys look at him with wide eyes.

What surprised him, even more was how he felt like he was looking at the younger version of himself. Dark lines formed on his forehead as he stared at the three little faces, that looked exactly like him.

Tony, the man's assistant, did not know why his boss suddenly stopped. But when he followed his gaze, to say that he was shocked was an understatement.

“Boss, have we traveled back in time?” he asked as he looked at the three little men that stood a few meters from them.

Daniel was confused and for a moment, he did not know how to react. He did not remember having triplets or making anyone pregnant. Ever since he realized that Kate was just using him and he had hurt the woman he loved, he had not been in a relationship.

Had someone taken his sperm, and impregnated themselves? Or, was it just a coincidence, and these children happened to look like him?

he had so many questions in his head that by the time he returned to his senses, the kids were long gone.

“Find out who they are and which family they come from.”

“Roger, boss.” Tony nodded as if he expected it.

***

“What do you think the possibility of the man we met earlier being our dad is?” Carl sent a text to his other brothers, as they sat in the car.

“The possibility is very high. It was like we were looking at our older selves. I am still feeling goosebumps all over.”

“Let us not alert anyone, especially the girls. They don’t know how to keep secrets.”