Both Alice and Jack bid goodbye to Celine and Tyler and headed towards the main lobby to exit from the hospital building.Jack and Alice took their respective seats in the car; Jack took his driver's seat and Alice was on the passenger's seat. They both did not utter any word for a very long time."Thank you for the concern Alice." Jack finally broke the silence that was there in the air."What?" Alice asked looking at Jack not knowing what he was talking about."I mean the food. Thanks for that." He explained."Oh please don't thank me. I just returned the favor Jack." Alice said in normal tone.But it was never a favor from my side. Jack's heart spoke. Wait, why am I thinking this way? Jack was puzzled himself."Right." He did not say anything after that. Both were silent for the rest of their ride together.On the other hand, Stefen and Jasmine were constantly looking towards the now closed door."Who was that guy?" Jasmine had a suspicious tone in her voice."Exactly my question. W
Years ago he had left her side and went somewhere without informing Jasmine and the consequences that the two families had to face was huge. This time too, he left her standing outside the office building just because Kevin called him and that led to Jasmine nearly losing her life again. Because of that reason, Stefen was afraid to leave Jasmine's side in the hospital as well. The kiss was mandatory for him. He wanted to convince himself that Jasmine was now alright and was there in his life, nothing wrong will ever happen to her again. That kiss was to assure his heart.It nearly took Stefen an hour to reach his apartment. He stood outside the door and searched for his keys in his pocket to open the door when he saw the lights coming out from his apartment. Someone was in there.He thought for a while who could that be. It was unlikely for his dad to be there at this hour. Jack usually informed Stefen before coming to meet him because sometimes Stefen used to go over to his dad's plac
"WHAT?" "Yes dad, years back I lost my mother and Jasmine nearly lost her life because of me. And now again. I feel like it's all repeating dad." Stefen said as a drop of salty water fell from his eyes rolling down his temple."How did you know about what happened back then?" Mr. William sounded shocked."Uncle Tyler told me dad.""Oh my boy, I am sorry for not telling this to you earlier. Trust me I wanted to but, Fiona made me promise to never tell you anything about that incident. Maybe, she had predicted that you would blame yourself for it." Mr. William sounded sad and in pain."I am sorry dad. I have never been a good son." Stefen said and buried his head on his dad's lap trying not to show the tears that were rolling down."Stefen, you don't have to be sorry for anything my son. Things happen because they are destined to happen, one way or another. You can't control everything in life no matter how hard you try. There will be things that will just take place and the result of i
The days were going by slowly for all of them. Jasmine had to stay in the hospital for a week more and Stefen was always by her side. He had to see Jasmine in pain at times, seeing her suffer made his heart heavier but somewhere deep in that same heart of his, he was happy. He was happy to be there for her. The guilt that he had in his heart for not being there with her a decade ago was now diminishing. He enjoyed helping her and spending time with her as they were together building new memories. It was the first day at work of Jasmine and Stefen after the incident. As before, Stefen picked her up and they both followed their self-made tradition of having their breakfast together. Jasmine had slowly but surely started to realize how much she loved Stefen's company. When she was still in the hospital, Stefen barely left her side. He was with her almost every moment. He took an official leave from the office just to be by her side. They came out of the elevator and started walking tow
All of them were back to work. Jasmine had comparatively less work to do than what she had imagined. Alice was undoubtedly a genuine friend of her. ***The four of them went to canteen to have their lunch. Jasmine had a weird sensation in her body the minute she stepped in the canteen. She felt extremely uncomfortable.She felt like she became a topic of everyone's conversation. All eyes were on her. On the other hand, Stefen, Jack and Alice did not notice that and they casually walked to the counter area to grab their food.Jasmine became more and more conscious as she walked further. She guessed the reason why she was in limelight was because of the rumor Sandra had mentioned. She thought she would not be affected but she was, she was affected much more actually.They sat on their usual chairs in one corner. Stefen and Jasmine sat beside each other and Alice and Jack sat opposite to them.The comfy level of Jasmine was in minus now."So Jazz, your parents went back?" Alice asked."H
The four of them had their lives going well. They loved each other's company. But specifically, Stefen was used to having Jasmine around him and same was the case for Jasmine.They were comfortable when around each other. At times they shared things about their childhood and Jasmine also shared from the time she remembered. It somehow pinched Jasmine whenever Stefen brought the topic of his special childhood friend. According to him, she was someone irreplaceable. Stefen was very careful every time he spoke with Jasmine. He did not want to bring any topics regarding their past together. He was already very guilty for not being with Jasmine back then and no matter how much his dad convinced him, Stefen never stopped blaming himself in his heart. The Memories of their childhood together was a precious gem that he had locked in his heart, in a corner where everything was beautiful and nothing hurt. There was a week left before Alice, Stefen and Jack would be transferred to different de
Stefen just sighed and started climbing the stairs. He remembered his school days when he, Jack and Alison were very close to each other...Flashback...The 17 years old Alison, Jack and Stefen were talking in their class-room as they were laughing and having fun."So, you guys are coming to my birthday party right?" Alison asked trying to reassure her thoughts."Of course." Stefen replied."I wouldn't miss it for the world babe." Jack said as his hand was around Alison's waist and placed a small peck on her lips.They were talking when the teacher entered the classroom and they all went to sit on their own seats.The entire period, Jack and Alison were using their phone messaging each other and giving different looks to each other time and again. They were professors when it came to breaking rules and seldom being caught. Sometimes they used to send messages in their group message just to annoy Stefen. Stefen however was never the part of their careless legendary behavior.It had almo
"Jasmine, did you bring the files that Elli had asked you to?" Sandra spoke from behind Jasmine. Jasmine understood that Stefen had not fallen accidently. She took a long breathe and turned around."Yes ma'am," She answered."Then, were you waiting for me to come to you and give you a special invitation? Bring them in my office, NOW," Sandra ordered and walked away.Jasmine turned around and sighed. She didn't realize for how long she was holding her breathe. She grabbed the files from her desk where Stefen had kept them and walked towards Sandra's office without uttering a word to Stefen who was still hiding.Stefen hid under the table for few more minutes. After he was certain that no one was around, he slowly raised his head and peeped. After assuring for the second time he quietly walked out of the department before anyone else finds him there and starts questioning him.***Alice went straight up to the highest floor. She was scared her body might react to what it had just seen so