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⟨ Tales Of The Heart… ⟩
CHAPTER 49&50
By; Succie Brown.
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≤ JANE’S MANSION ≈ SAME NIGHT ≥
“Get some sleep Kayla. We will reschedule our outing, tomorrow” Jane said, patting her head.
“Mom, can I ask you a question?” Kayla asked.
“Sure you can. What is it?”
“Do you still love Mr. Adrian?” She asked, looking at her mom.
“Why do you ask, Kayla?”
“Because you always cry anytime you see him. You cried yesterday because of him, and today you did. I maybe not understand what love means fully, but from the few books and movies I have read and watch, people cry when they are heartbroken, and sometimes it’s because they haven’t forgotten about the person they once loved. Mr. Adrian was your first love, right? Are you finding it hard to forget about him? Do you still love him?” Kayla asked, looking at her mom.
“Should I give you an honest answer?” Jane asked sitting beside her.
“I just want to know what you feel inside”
Jane smiled and caressed Kayla’s hair. “Adrian is my past, Kayla. I admit he was my first love, and back then I truly loved him, but not anymore. I no longer love Adrian, Kayla. He is my past and I can’t go back to the past”
“Then why are you always crying anytime you’re with him?”
“It’s because he accused me wrongly, and until now, he still believes I’m a golddigger. It hurts because I didn’t do it. It’d have been better if he gave me a listening ear, but he didn’t. He threw me out like a piece of trash, without even listening to my own side of the story. Thinking about what he did to me years ago, breaks my heart so much, and seeing him always reminds me that my mom died because we couldn’t control ourselves. Maybe if I had listen to her back then, she won’t have died. I was stupidly in love with Adrian, so I went against her wish, and at the end of the day, he broke my heart. He always reminds me of every painful things I had to go through Kayla, but from now on, I will no longer cry because of him. We have our separate lives now, so it should remain that way, because I no longer love Adrian”
Kayla cleaned the visible tears in Jane’s eyes and hugged her. “We are in this together, Mom. Mr. Adrian is already in the past, and even if he is my dad, I won’t let him become part of my life”
“Thank you so much, Kayla” Jane said, hugging her back.
“Isa is nothing like her mom, is it okay if I continue being friends with her?”
“I don’t have a problem with Isa. She’s a sweetheart and moreover she’s your half-sister. You both should get along” Jane said.
“Thank you mom” Kayla said with a smile, hugging her mom tightly.
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≤ ADRIAN’S MANSION ≈ SAME NIGHT ≥
Isa sat on the sofa waiting for her dad to come home. Rebecca and Debra left the house after giving her a strict warning to stay away from Kayla.
“I can’t stay away from Kayla. I liked her when she was just someone I admire, and now that she’s my half-sister, I won’t listen to mom and grandma. I have to talk to dad about this, but I wonder why he’s not home yet” Isa said, checking the huge wall clock mounted on the wall.
The door open, and Adrian entered the house staggering. “Dad!” Isa called him, rushing to where he was.
“Isa” He said, between tears and smile.
“Dad, are you drunk? Why did you drink?”
“Because your mom and my mom has ruined my life. Thanks to them I was never a good father to Kayla and she h@tës me so much. She doesn’t want to give me a chance to be a dad to her. If I had knew Jane was pregnant back then, I won’t have left Dashie. Jane and Kayla aren’t giving me listening ears, and it breaks my heart a lot” Adrian said crying.
“Dad” Isa muttered.
“Where’s that Debra and that jezebel that calls herself my mom? Where are they!” Adrian said trying to walk, but he fell to the ground.
“Dad!”
Isa helped him lay on the couch and she began take off the shoes he was wearing.
“Isa” He muttered her name with his eyes closed, and Isa looked at him.
“Dad loves you so much. I really loved you so much Isa. I love you and Kayla so much. I put up with Debra, because I love you so much. It’s going to break my heart to the deepest if you’re not my daughter”
“I’m not your daughter?” Isa asked with balls of tears falling down from her eyes.
“I don’t know Isa. I was in Australia when Debra came to me saying she was pregnant. I believe her because I had slept with her on the night I broke up with Jane. I agreed to marry her because I wanted to be a good father to you. Even when you were a product of a mistake, I loved you more than my own life. I had no doubts that you’re my daughter, but seeing how Debra and my mom lied to me, I having doubts about you being my daughter. I want to conduct a DNA test on you Isa, but I am so scared. I scared of what the result will be, because I love you so much Isa. I love you a lot” Adrian said as tears falls down from his closed eyes.
Isa blinked back her tears and began caressing Adrian’s hair.
“I love you so much too, Dad” She said trying her best not to cry.
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≤ THE FOLLOWING MORNING ≥
Adrian woke up with a headache, and he sighed trying to recall what happened to him last night. After Kayla talked to him rudely, he left with her mom. Adrian entered one of the nearest bar and got himself wasted in alcohol.
Adrian gasped after he remembered what he told Isa last night, because he remembered seeing her when he came home drunk, last night.
“I shouldn’t have said that to Isa. She’d be heartbroken” Adrian said, trying to get up from the bed, when Isa entered the room.
“Isa”
“Good morning dad. Drink this, it’d help” Isa said giving him a hangover drink.
Adrian sluggishly took the hangover drink from her, he was about drinking it, but stopped halfway.
“Isa about last night…”
“Let’s do the DNA test, Dad”
“Isa”
“I also want to know if you are my dad, so I can continue loving you unconditionally” Isa said and smiled at her dad.
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≤ HOSPITAL ≥
Adrian keep sighing and crimping his hands as he waited patiently for the DNA result. “Are you nervous?” Isa asked.
“I will be lying if I say I am not nervous. I’m so nervous of what the result will be, Isa. I’d go crazy if you’re not my daughter” Adrian said, and Isa held his hand.
“What kind of a person was my mom when she was younger? Was she a loose woman?” Isa asked.
“Of course not Isa. She wasn’t that kind of girl when she was growing up. She might be annoying, but she was a sweetheart, I guess she changed when I stopped loving her”
“You were once in love with my mom?”
“Yes. She was the one who broke up with me because we were far from each other. I came back to Dashie and that’s when I fell in love with Jane, but we had to break up because of something she did in the past. I was heartbroken, I got drunk and I slept with your mom. Two months after I left Dashie, Debra came to Australia saying she was pregnant, and I had to marry her”
“Is that why you are having doubts that I am your daughter?” She asked, and Adrian nodded his head.
“If I’m not your daughter, will you still love me?”
“Of course I will Isa, but I’m praying that you’re my daughter. Even if Debra has lied to me so many times, she’s not a loose woman”
“I love you so much, Dad. I do hope I am your daughter, which means I and Kayla are half-sisters, because we shared the same father”
“But she’s so mad at me”
“You weren’t with her for fifteen years, she has all the reasons in the world to be mad at you, but I’m sure she’s going to forgive you” Isa said, and Adrian smiled.
“Thank you so much, Isa” Adrian said, and Isa smiled at him.
After few minutes, the doctor who was in charge of conducting the DNA test, approach them and both Isa and Adrian stood up.
“Is the result ready?” Adrian asked. He could hear the beating of his heart because he was scared, scared of the outcome of the result.
“Yes it’s Mr. Adrian” The doctor answered, giving the test result to him. Adrian reluctantly took the result paper, and he slowly began to open the result paper. Isa crimped her lips, she also don’t know what to do if it turns out that Adrian wasn’t her father.
Adrian read through the lines of the result paper and a smile crept on his face when he saw the outcome of the result. Isa was indeed his daughter.
“What does the DNA result say? Am I your daughter?” Isa asked in a low voice.
“Yes. You’re my daughter, Isa” Adrian said, smiling.
“I love you so much, Dad” Isa with a happy smile, and she hugged her dad.
“I love you too, Isa. I’m so happy you’re my daughter”
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≤ ADRIAN’S MANSION ≥
Adrian entered the house after dropping Isa in school, and he met Debra and Rebecca sitting on the couch. He wanted to ignore them, but Debra quickly rushed to him.
“Adrian, please talk to me” She said, holding his hand, but Adrian yanked her hand off.
“We have nothing to talk about, Debra”
“Isa is your daughter. I didn’t lie to you about the identity of Isa. She’s your daughter, Adrian. I got pregnant after you slept with me that faithful day”
“I already know Isa is my daughter, but that didn’t change anything. If not for Isa, I’d have called these marriage quit. Avoid me as if you’re avoiding a plaque” Adrian said, he glared at his mom and without saying a word to her, he went to his room.
“Mom! What are we going to do? Jane keeps making Adrian h@të me. This was one of the reasons why I said we shouldn’t come to Los Angeles” Debra said, crying.
“Don’t act so weak Debra. Wipe those tears of yours. It’s Jane we’re talking about here, we once ruined her life and we can do it again. Jane Meyers is nothing compare to you, Debra” Rebecca said and Debra took in her lower lip.
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≤ THE STARS ACADEMY ≥
Xiaomi was about entering the class, but she stopped halfway when she saw Richard sitting on her chair. She gasped and ran out of the class.
“So he is real? Richard Lawson is a student in stars academy? But why is he seating on my chair? Why? Is he my seat mate? Why? Why? I won’t be able to concentrate in class anymore” Xiaomi whines hitting her head on the wall.
“I’d advise you stop doing that” Richard said, and Xiaomi gasped after she saw him. She almost fall, but Richard was quick to hold her hand.
“Do I look like a ghost? Why are you always gasping anytime you see me?” He asked, and Xiaomi fake a laugh, taking her hand from his.
“When did I gasp?” She asked, feigning ignorance.
“Just now after you saw me, and also yesterday too. You fainted after seeing me, and when you woke up, you ran away after you saw my face. Do I look like a ghost?” Richard asked.
“No you don’t. I didn’t expect you to be here in this school. I was cut by surprise to see you here, because I have always admire you from afar”
“You admire me?” He asked, smiling.
“Yes I do. I’m a big fan of yours. I have all your songs stuck in my head” Xiaomi said, demonstrating.
“Really?”
“Yes I do”
“I’d love to hear you sing one of my songs. Will you be free this weekend”
“Huh? Why?” Xiaomi asked with widen eyes.
“I’m not asking you out. I just want to invite you to my studio, so I’d hear you sing, since it seems like you are confident in what you’re saying”
“Of course I am” She said and Richard chuckled.
“What’s your name?” He asked.
“Xiaomi”
“Xiaomi, will you be free this weekend so you can come to my studio?”
“I’m a busy person, but I will try to my best to be there” Xiaomi said, looking elsewhere and Richard smiled.
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“You’re late” Xavier said to Kayla when she arrived at the broadcasting room.
Kayla scoffed and sat on one the available chairs in the broadcasting room. “You only told me to meet you here, you didn’t tell me the exact time that I should be here” Kayla said.
“But still you should have made an attempt to be here on time”
“I am here now, so can we go straight to work? I’m not in the mood for your scolding right now”
“Did something happen?” Xavier asked, looking at her.
“What makes you think that way?” Kayla asked in return.
“It’s unlike you to be moody. You were quite in class today. Are you ok?”
“Yes I am fine. Rather than focusing on me, I’d think you should focus on your books!”
“You don’t have to be mad at me, I was just being concern for you”
“Why are you concerned about me, when we aren’t friends?”
Xavier sighed and walked closer to her and Kayla furrowed her eyebrows.
“Then let’s become friends, Kayla”
“Why?”
“Rather than us fighting everytime we see each other, I want us to be friends. I want to get to know you better” Xavier said and Kayla said nothing, but stared at him.
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≤ GOLDEN WINE AND LIQUOR COMPANY ≈ SAME DAY ≥
Beatrice keeps sighing anticipating if she should enter Ethan’s office or not. “Maybe I should just resigned” She muttered. She sighed again and was about leaving when Ethan came out from the office.
“Beatrice”
Beatrice bites her lips before facing him. “Boss Ethan, about last….”
“Were you able to go home last night? I waited for you, but you didn’t show up, so I figured out that you were having a nice time with your kids inside” Ethan said with a smile.
“Yes I did. I am sorry about…. ”
“You don’t have to apologize, Beatrice. I fully understand why you did that”
“But still I shouldn’t have pushed you inside the trashcan, where you hurt?” Beatrice asked worriedly.
“Are you worried about me?” He asked smiling.
“Yes I am”
“I am fine Beatrice”
“I am really sorry for what I did last night, boss Ethan”
“If you are sorry, then will you have dinner with me after work?” He asked, and Beatrice smiled cutely.
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≤ OUTSKIRTS OF THE LOS ANGELES ≈ NIGHT ≥
Adrian came down from the car and he smiled when he saw Jane waiting for him, near her car. She has earlier called him for them to met up.
“Jane, I am sorry for keeping you, I… ”
“You don’t have to explain yourself, since you’re here, let’s make it snappy” She said.
Adrian looked at her beautiful face and smiled. “Why do you call me here?” He asked.
“I have two things to say to you Adrian. Firstly, stay away from my daughter. I get it that she’s your daughter too, but you have no right to be a father to her since you weren’t there when she needed you”
“Jane”
Jane brought two bags containing money from her car. “Lastly, this is the money I owe you for helping me regain my sight. So from henceforth, stay away from me and stopped showing your face to me uninvited”
When Adrian refused to take the money from him, she threw it on the ground. “Goodbye, Adrian” Jane said and was about to enter her car, but Adrian held her hand.
“Let go of my hand, Adrian”
“I don’t want you to pay me back for what I did years ago, Jane. Don’t you love me anymore?” He asked with misty eyes.
“No I don’t love you anymore, Adrian. Get that into your empty skull!”
“It doesn’t matter because I still love you” Adrian said, and without warning, he pulled Jane closer to himself and pressed his lips on hers, rendering Jane speechless.
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