Always and forever

82 - Each other

Can

My Sanem loves me.
She loves me and she knows me deeply, she knows me perhaps more than I know myself, she can see in me the weaknesses that I do not accept, the deepest fears, the traumas that I have never completely overcome, this is the awareness that rose to my heart as I listened to her resolute words against my mother. She knows me like no one else in this life and she hit the nail on the head when he accused Huma of having hurt me so much with her abandonment and indifference.

I had never seen such a resolute and sharp Sanem, she fought for me in an unbelievable way that proved, if it were still necessary, her boundless love for me.
She confronted Huma with the truth of all her shortcomings towards me, told her exactly what I would have told her, I was deeply moved by her gesture and made me take the decision instantly.
For a long time I have put up with Huma's presence more out of a sense of duty to what is still my mother, in the eyes of the world if not my own, but thinking that she could somehow hurt the woman I love made me lose all hesitation.
My wife and our relationship are too important to me, she is everything, I can't allow anyone, not even the one who is my mother by birth, to hurt her in any way.

I hold her tightly in my arms after shutting Huma out of our house and our life forever and I ask her forgiveness for what she had to suffer, once again, because of me.
Her gaze, her caresses and her words are a balm for my heart, which has had to make the most extreme decision, but which still feels the most right.
I take her hand and bring it to my lips looking deeply into her eyes - Just us, you're right that's all that matters and to seal these words of yours, which I also feel deeply mine, I want to give you something I picked up today in the centre for you, I would have liked to surprise you tonight after a romantic dinner, but I think this is the most meaningful moment to give it to you -

I reach for the small envelope that I had left on the cabinet in the entrance and hand it to her, she looks at me surprised and excited - Can? But what... - She pulls out the little red velvet box inside, curiously lifts the small lid and then looks at the contents with a sparkling look of emotion - Oh Can... -

- Here is Sanem as you rightly said: only us, only us our love and our family must matter and this will be "forever & always"  my beautiful wife.
I solemnly promise you, I will never again let anything or anyone come between us, ever again -

- Oh Can, it's beautiful and you're right, in this particular moment it takes on an even deeper meaning because, in some way, just now you've shown me that you've chosen me once again and forever - We hold each other long in an emotionally charged embrace, I sigh enraptured by the feeling of well being that only having her in my arms gives me.

She pulls back and looks at me, smiling, she releases herself from my embrace to go get something hidden in the drawer of the entryway cabinet and then return to me.
- Apparently we have very kindred thoughts Can Divit, I too was downtown this morning and it just so happens that I too was planning to give this to you tonight after dinner, but I think this is the best time to do it-.
She hands me an elegant square box, I open it curiously and I think I have the same moved look she had just before looking at the contents of my gift.
- Sanem... -

This is a gift for us Can. This is for me - She takes the chain with the heart pendant engraved with "He who has the key can open my heart" out of the box and puts it on, sliding it between her breasts and over her heart. Then she takes the necklace with the key pendant on which is engraved simply the word "Mine", to reach out to me and place it around my neck.

- While this pendant is yours.
As you have proven to choose only me again and again, my heart knows only you, only you have the key to allow it to open up to love, that love so unique and rare that you can only experience once in a lifetime and mine is yours Can, only yours -

The romantic dinner is forgotten, Huma is out of our thoughts and out of our lives, the outside world ceases to exist for us, there are only chained glances, hugs, kisses, caresses, the total union of our hearts and souls as well as of our bodies that whisper words of love without the need to utter a word, because that's how it is when you love in such an absolute and total way, there's no need to say, you just need to hear what the other's heart whispers.