Not being able to sleep, Lilian was out to have some fresh air. Job rejections shouldn't matter to her anymore as she had already decided to leave. But yet something about it was bothering her.She was so sure that someone was behind it. Someone was out to get her. And she wanted to find out about the person before leaving. She had a pretty good idea about it though and she didn't know what she had done to earn it except for _"Lilian?" A soft manish voice from beside interrupted her chain of thought and she turned to the person, startling. "What are you doing here now?" Shane asked her normally."Getting some fresh air I guess." Lillian shrugged and shot a question to him, "What about you?""For the same reason as you." Shane replied, somewhat hurt for she didn't look happy or something seeing him. If anything, he could name it, she was disturbed. Still, he didn't budge. He wanted to talk to her. So, he tried again, "How is the preparation going on?""Good." Lilian answered. "Your
When the sun rays flickered through the curtains, Shane stirred in his sleep and opened his eyes. But immediately, he felt he really shouldn’t have. His headache was so severe, his head felt like splitting in half. But when his eyes caught sight of Lilian peacefully sleeping beside him, his headache was forgotten for a few moments. He stared at her calm face. A few hair strands came on her face and he involuntarily reached his hand and tucked them behind her ear. His hand traced her cheek softly in the process. Lilian opened her eyes yet his fingers stayed on her cheek stubbornly. He didn’t put any effort to pull them back as well. Lilian didn’t seem to mind it anyway and smiled at him. Shane stared at her as something stirred within him.Their staring moment came to an end real quick as a realization dawned upon them. They weren’t supposed to wake up together this way.They sat up straight immediately. As the comforter slipped down, Lilian's eyes widened finding her with no clot
Lilian though thought about leaving the town after Aiden's wedding, she didn't know why she changed her mind. She wanted to reach Shane at the wedding party but didn’t get the chance. No, if she wanted she could but she didn’t know what to say to him then.But just after the day of Aiden's wedding, she tried to reach Shane. Though she was still clueless, she knew it was inevitable with the blurred lines between them demanding some clarification.So, she tried to call him. It was switched off and then she got to know about his out of town meeting. She waited for his call or a text and kept staring at her phone. But nothing came. Neither his call nor his text.She called him several times as well but it was switched off then. She typed a message only to delete it instead of sending him. It continued until Margaret appeared at her doorway.As much as she was frustrated and unhappy at the turn of events, she couldn't help appearing happy as after Aiden's wedding, the family was more than
6 Years LaterA cartoon show was coming on television and Angel, a five-year old girl was sitting on the couch, watch it. She would have enjoyed it on some other day but not today. She looked sad. "What happened, Angel? Why are you looking sad, baby?" Vina, the nanny of the girl asked her again but Angel didn't answer this time as well. From the time she got her back from school, Angel wasn't cheerful as ever. Vina could feel she was sad but no matter how much she tried, the little girl wasn't saying anything. She thought of calling her mother but dropped the idea at last thinking her mother would call her in some time anyway. But when the call didn’t come as expected, Vina could feel she was busy. So, she didn't want to bother her. Instead, she thought of taking Angel out to the park to play and to have ice cream. She agreed to go to the park but her mood didn't get better. All she kept staring at the little kids at the park. Sighing, she got Angel home and called her mother. A
Angel was having her ice cream and walking by the sidewalk with Vina trying to hold her hand. But as always, Angel was in a cheerful mood and almost jumping all the way.But then she got bumped into a young man. "Watch out." Angel said angrily as the ice cream was dropped from her hold.The young man she bumped into stopped in his track hearing the voice of a little girl. He turned only to find the little girl glaring at her. She didn't look scary anyway but cute. She seemed so cute to him that he got staring at her. "You dropped my ice cream and you ruined my dress as well." Angel complained looking at the ice cream fallen on the sidewalk and then pointing at her dress where it was stained. "I am sorry, baby girl. I didn't mean to. It was an accident. I am sorry." The young man apologised involuntarily."It's not okay." Angel pouted. "Angel, it’s okay baby. He didn’t do it willingly and said sorry, right?" Seeing Angel like this, Vina tried to handle the matter as she took out so
It took Shane a few days to finish his work in Manhattan and today he was supposed to go back to his town. But when the principal of the Green Valley school requested him to visit the school the next day at the parents' day programme, he couldn’t refuse. It had been years since he had visited the school being the trustee of the school board. The next day when he went to the school, a painting competition was going on. The little children were asked to draw something for their parents.After talking to the teachers, Shane was requested to visit the children in the hall room who were busy in drawing.Shane didn’t refuse and walked in the hall room among the children who were engrossed in their canvas. The children busy with colours and pouring their imagination on the canvas was making him visit his childhood.He was also like that. He was so praised for his paintings from his childhood days and he wanted to follow his dream of being a painter till the very end. But his circumstances
Lilian walked ahead dreading the things were going to be happened. Angel was in Shane's hold! How in the world did this happen? She couldn’t be more confused.But more than getting her confusion cleared, she needed to have Angel in her arms first. For more than she was confused, she was frightened. Lilian walked closer to them but focused on Angel anyway, "What happened, Angel? Are you okay?" As much as she knew Angel wasn’t the type of girl to allow just anyone to take her in arms. And her allowing Shane to take her in his arms was indicating nothing but panicking her."Yes, mom. I am fine." Angel said with a smile but then with her classmates watching them, she added, "See, dad came to my school with me." Lilian's eyes widened as she turned to Shane."What?" Lilian voiced out, her voice laced with mixed emotions. Before things got even more confusing, Shane turned to the principal and spoke up, "Excuse us." and then walked towards the exit of the hall room and Lilian could only
As Shane hopped in the car after finishing his activities in the school, the driver revved the engine.As he looked outside of the glass and found a little girl walking by the sidewalk holding a young man's hand, his mind replayed his time with Angel and a smile adorned his face on its own.But Lilian not recognizing him bothered him.He kept his head on the headboard, his eyes closed. His mind was still buzzing with questions and demanding some answers.Did Lilian really not recognize him? How come?His phone rang off pulling him out of his thoughts.He took out the phone thinking who could be it only to find it was Willow. As he answered the call, a cute baby voice came, "Uncle Shane, I came to meet you but Granny said you are out of town." It was Rose, Aiden and Willow's daughter. Her voice complaining and Shane could imagine her pouting.Shane replied, "I had a meeting to attend baby.""Okay. When are you coming back?" Rose asked.Shane couldn’t help but smile as he replied, "I w