Laura opened her eyes wide, startled by her dream. Shocked, she blinked her eyes to analyze the place where she was with her breaths coming shallow.
She then felt the weight on her hand and tried to look down, when she looked at the familiar sight, she smiled with difficulty and laid back. Her face frowned in pain.She laid quietly as her left hand was pressed by the man’s head weight and the other she was using to gently caressed his hair in his sleep feeling delighted and deeply grateful to God.Steven, who was sleeping soundly, felt extremely calm when someone caressed his hair, his nerves started to relax and that little gesture was soothing his nerves.He moved in his sleep and then realising that the touch wasn’t his hallucination or dream but reality, he immediately opened his eyes and sat up while wiping his drooling saliva from his mouth.“Hey…”Laura said weakly and Steven stared at her with shock and surprise.&lAfter a long time, Augustus finally parked his car and then looked at Lisa with slight remorse.Taking a deep sigh, he got out of the car and then opened Lisa’s side door as she got out of the car. Lisa looked around at this unfamiliar place, she didn’t know why Augustus had brought her here.Augustus held her hand and led the way. She frowned looking around the greenery and villas, a thought then appeared in her mind and she blurted out immediately. “Did you buy us a new house?”“Is this why you didn’t bring kids back home, you want me to see the home first, right?”Lisa kept chatting behind him while looking around in excitement.Augustus didn’t say any word as he led her inside the villa, his heart getting heavy with each step and his guilt started to drown him slowly slowly.As he stood in front of the room where Laura has been getting her treatment for months, he turned and hugged Lisa tightly in his arms.
The days passed by but Laura didn’t wake up or showed any sign of improving. Steven never left her sight for a once, Lisa kept visiting her daily and still has not forgiven Augustus.Even though they still live under the same roof, she would hardly say any word to him and never respond to his words directly.Augustus had apologized a hundred times, but Lisa didn’t seem to care about his bland apologies at all.Many occasions came but it went in silence with Steven and Lisa and Augustus, and soon the new year’s eve arrived.As everyone was excited and happy celebrating new year’s eve, here there were three people who weren’t interested in celebrating it in any way but just silently praying in their hearts to make it memorable by Laura’s consciousness.“I’ll leave with the kids in the evening,” Augustus informed Lisa even when he knew she wouldn't respond to it. But her reply merely stunned him.&ldquo
While new year’s eve was proved to be blissful for Steven by getting Laura back, for Augustus, it wasn’t. He still needs to suffer a lot.The function they attended together was lively and full of high-end people, Rheena Carlos was worried about her husband, Monte Carlos’s health as she has asked Lisa and Augustus to lead the party because they are after all the ones taking care of this tradition after them.Without showing a slight disliking or indifference, Lisa followed Augustus all the way to the party but deep inside Augustus knew that it was just an act but still he felt grateful that at least she has the ability to handle things with dignity in front of everyone instead of making a huge fuss about it and degrading his position.“Lisa, I’m…”Taking this opportunity, Augustus tried to apologize again with sincerity but Lisa stopped him mid-way.“Not now, Augustus…”But Augustus stubbornly cont
Realizing the silent appearance of two people beside her, Laura turned and looked at them with a confusing look and then at Augustus.“Is something wrong?”She asked, and Augustus instead of answering her just changed the topic, “Have you eaten anything?” and she shook her head.“Let’s bring something for you to eat, first.”He said gently, and then walked out of the room, Steven followed him behind while Lisa stayed with Laura.“You and Augustus…?”Lisa asked, looking amused by their bonding.“Augustus is a good man sis, I had troubled him a lot but he endured everything just for you. He really loves you.”Laura held Lisa’s hand and squeezed it lightly.Lisa gave her a weak smile in response, just because Augustus loves her that doesn’t mean he has got the right to hide everything from her. That’s completely wrong.Sensing Lisa’s quietness, Laura knew that Augu
The next morning, the chirping voice of the birds disturbed Steven’s sleep, he opened his drowsy eyes and saw Laura’s calm face in front of his eyes. His senses calmed down but after a few minutes, panic arose in his heart when he couldn’t feel her moving, and sat up anxiously, “Laura….”He yelled, his voice carrying the fear of losing her.Laura opened her eyes immediately and got extremely terrified when she saw Steven’s red eyes and his body that was shaking from fear as he embraced her tightly.“What happened?”Laura asked, looking blankly at him.“Nothing… Nothing…”Steven said in a hoarse voice, kissing her head multiple times.“Steve….”After some time, Laura called him softly and he looked down at her, “I want to use the washroom.”She blinked looking a little embarrassed and Steven chuckled while letting her go.“I’ll help you, come
***“Put me down,” Laura whispered shyly in Steven’s ear.“No,” He replied firmly as he walked with her in his arms in the elevator and then looked at the other couple to press the button. They did and he thanked them with a nod while Laura hid her face in his chest. A smile came to his lips at her cuteness.Soon, they reached their destination. Steven walked out with Laura in his arms and Mr. Xavier’s jaw dropped looking at her condition. “Has she lost her weight?”The first thought that occurred in his mind as soon as he looked at her.“I will call you if I need anything,” Steven said to him politely before he was able to greet them both. Mr. Xavier nodded respectfully, taking the hint, and then left.Steven walked inside the house and the strong smell of roses filled the atmosphere, Laura who was hiding her face in his chest couldn’t help but turn her face and then looked at the house in awe
“So, what actually happened Mr. Steven?”The doctor asked with a straight face, making Steven more embarrassed with the shame.“As I have told you, we… we…. Just kissed…”He mentioned with his face heating with embarrassment.“Kiss… What kind of kiss exactly?”The doctor asked in his plain voice, making Steven snap, displeasingly. “Are there 100 types of kisses in this world?”“Uhmmm… Well speaking of that, there are… But you can tell me how you kissed her…”The doctor asked, his pupils were as calm as water.Steven was burning in rage and felt like choking this doctor to death but he drank back his anger as Laura’s safety is far more important than anything. He gulped down his saliva and then clearing his throat, he started explaining the situation.“We kissed for a while and then we got carried away but before we would be able to do it, she
The warm touch of Augustus’s hand brought Lisa back to her senses and she then shrugged slightly from his touch. Augustus sighed disappointedly, It’s been weeks but Lisa has still not forgiven him.“Steven’s parents are not able to attend the wedding, at least someone’s parents should attend it…” Augustus said to convince Laura but his words fell like sarcasm on Steven.He gave Augustus a dark look and Augustus shrugged innocently, he then sat beside Laura who was still trying to catch her breath while panting the word, “Dad”“You should take the blessing from your father, he loves you, Laura,” Augustus told her as he started coaxing her gently while rubbing her back.“A… murderer…. He killed…. My …. Mother….” Laura pant, her whole body was shivering from anger.“Laura, that’s the past… Please… let those memories go away