A Beautiful Catastrophe - Book 1

Chapter 31 - Heart to Heart Talk

I stayed at Hora's place the whole Sunday and only went back home at night when I knew everyone's asleep. The maids opened the doors for me and kindly asked me if I wanted to eat. They're really nice. Even my nanny, who took care of me since childhood, couldn't sleep until I went back home. Compared to her, my mother was already snoring in bed. I saw her when dad opened the door from their room the moment he heard I'm back. At least dad was worried for me. We talked a bit in his office after that.

"Senara, how have you been?" Dad asked me with a worried face.

We sat at the black leather couch in his home office which was mostly used when his business partners came to visit.

"I'm feeling better, dad," I answered, trying to avoid his eyes. "I just played with Hora the whole day." Yeah, she continued reading my story and we happily discussed it the whole day.

"About what happened..."

I glanced at dad when he said that. Honestly, I was really curious about how he thinks of me being a writer. Did he hate it like mom?

"To tell you the truth... I was hoping that you'd take over our business in the future."

Ahh... I see. I guess I disappointed both mom and dad.

"But... of all my wishes and hopes for you in the future, my top and most important wish is for you to be happy."

I immediately gasped in surprise when I heard dad say that. My widened eyes stared at him and I could feel tears forming in my eyes again. I thought I had enough of crying but hearing him say that... It meant a lot to me. It meant that he loves me so much that he's willing to accept anything that would make me happy even if it was against his wishes! That was the support I was looking for and hoped that mom would give me the same.

I wanted to say my thanks but I couldn't utter any word after that. So instead, I just went over dad and hugged him while my nose kept on sniffing again. He gently patted my head and my back.

"There, there. Don't cry my dear daughter. I already talked to your mom. She's a bit stubborn about it for now, but I'm sure she'll eventually accept it," he tried to encourage me. "And besides, she's forgetting that our daughter is really smart! I'm sure she'll succeed in anything she does!"

I chuckled at him. I think I got my way of cheering people on from my dad.

And lastly, he said, "And even if you fail, know that I am here, we are here, to welcome you back. Anyway, failure is one way to success. You can always just stand back up and continue."

"Yes... thank you, dad."

After our heart to heart talk, I went to my room and slept. Then, morning came and it was school time again. It was only when I arrived at school that Hora mentioned to me that Kai texted the other night, when I slept over at their place. In my shock, I hurriedly replied to Kai. He always responded to me fast and I couldn't believe I made him wait almost two days! Oh my goodness! I reprimanded Hora over and over because of that. I was at her house for the whole Sunday and she didn't even mention it to me!

"Hello Kai! I'm so sorry I just saw your message! My friend, Hora, read your message without my permission and didn't even bother telling me until now. I'm really sorry. I don't check my phone often unless someone sends me something. T_T Forgive me. Oh, and also, I want to hear your feedback! I can't believe you finished it already! I'll look over your comments later after school. Thanks a bunch! And have a great day!"

I typed all those so fast like my life depended on it and sent it. It might have been too long but that's fine. I waited for a few minutes for his reply... but no reply came. Maybe he was busy, or probably in class. Our time zone was the same so he'd probably get back to me tonight, like usual.

And so, I waited until class was over and I was back home, but still got no reply. That was when it hit me.

"He holds grudges, don't he?" I talked to myself while I laid in bed, still waiting for his message. "Maybe I should log into Armageddon?"

I did as I thought but he wasn't online. I began wondering if something happened to him. So I texted him again.

"Hi again, Kai. Good evening. How are you? You haven't replied yet so I thought maybe something happened? Are you ok? I'm a bit worried. I hope you're doing alright."

An hour passed and still no response. I was really getting worried. He usually responded fast and now he wasn't. What if something really happened? I'm not the only person in the world who could have problems. Maybe he got into an argument with his family, too? Or was it something at school? Or with his other friends? He didn't get into an accident, did he?

As my worry grew bigger, I got up from bed and decided to call him. It should be okay to call, right? Or would he think I'm being too much?

"Argh! Whatever, I'll just call him. He can shout at me if he's angry, that's fine!"

And so, I gathered my courage and called his number.

Ring! Ring! Ring! Toot!

He picked up!

"Hello, Kai?" I greeted as soon as he picked up. "Are you alright? Did something happen?"

Then, for some reason, I heard a chuckle at the other line.

"Gotcha." It was Kai.

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