A series of Edser events

And I've heard of a love that comes once in a lifetime - part 2

Serkan can't believe what Eda just told him. A daughter! They have a daughter!

A daughter that looks like a carbon copy of her mother, just like he always dreamed...and Eda kept her away from him! A daughter!

He left Eda on that beach and started to walk towards his room.

"Serkan..." a voice calls, "Serkan...Abi"

He stops and turns around and he sees Engin and Piril standing there, looking at him and calling his name.

He marches towards them, asking them if they knew.

Engin and Piril share a look, asking each other what is he referring to.

"We knew what, Serkan?" Engin asks.

"About Eda" he answers

"What about Eda?" this time Piril is the one talkin and by the look on her face Serkan can tell that she knew.

"You knew Piril, you knew and you didn't tell me" he accuses her.

"What are you talking about guys?" Engin asks frustrated, "Did something happen to Eda?"

Serkan is looking at Piril, it feels like standing in front of him there's another person. Not the friend he met while studying for the master, not the one so similar to him in their drive and passion for work. Not the wife of his best friend, not the mother of his nephew. A stranger.

Piril is the one to explain to Engin what is happening right now.

"Engin" she says, "Eda is a mother too. The little girl that was playing with our kid today, do you remember her?"

Engin nods.

"That's Eda's daughter" Piril says and then looking at Serkan she adds "That's Eda and Serkan's daughter".

Engin is shocked, that can't be possible.

"Hayir, that's not possible. I mean Eda wouldn't do this! No way" he says, shaking his head.

"I can't believe you knew Piril. You knew and you never told me. Why?" Serkan asks.

"It wasn't my story to tell" she answers

"Bullshit! That's a load of bullshit! You should have told me! You should have convinced Eda to tell me! I deserved to know!" he bursts.

Piril lowers her head. She's tried, she's tried talking to Eda, tried to convince her to tell the truth.

Hell, she even tried to tell Serkan herself but she always stopped.

"I have a daughter!" he keeps going "I have a daughter with the love of my life, that looks exactly like her mother just like I always dreamed! I have a daughter!".

Serkan is breaking down, crying while he keeps talking.

"You know how much I love Eda. You know how much I've tried not to miss her and to stop loving her. You saw my pain, my anger, my regret for ruining everything.
I've missed everything! Everything! Finding out I was going to be a father, the birth of my child. Her first smile, her first word, her first steps. I've missed seeing her grow up and looking everyday more like her mother. I've missed telling her stories and talking about the stars and stopping her cries..."

He's engulfed in a bear hug from his best friend, Engin doesn't really know what to say but he needs to make Serkan understand that he's there for him.

"I have a child, Engin" Serkan cries "I'm a father"

"I know Serkan. I know you lost so much, but everything's going to be okay. You're gonna be a great father"

Piril is standing there watching the two men hugging and breaking down and she's hurting for her friend too. For lying to him, for keeping something so important hidden from him.

"I'm sorry" she says, "I should've told you. I should've tried more with Eda too. I'm sorry"

She takes a couple of tentatives steps toward her friend

"Engin's right though, everything's going to be okay" she says, looking at her friend "You will be a great father Serkan and you and Eda will be okay too. You just need to talk, let her explain" Piril keeps going, noticing Eda is there too watching and listening to their conversation.

"I know, I will. I'm not ready now, I know that if I talk to her now I'm gonna say something I'll regret" Serkan says, "But I'll talk to her. I just want to be able to spend time with my daughter, a daughter that hates me..."

"She hates you just like her mother did" both Engin and Piril say at the same time, "and just like her mother did, she's gonna love you more than words can explain".

Eda knows it too, the moment Kiraz will spend a little time with Serkan, with her father, she's gonna love him exactly like she did.

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Author's note: first of all I want to thank each and every one of you who took the time to read my story, to comment it, to vote it and to every one who added it to their reading list. Thank you, this is all very nice of you.
I hope you'll like this second part too!
Did you like the episode? I loved it!