Jade.

Chapter Seventeen.

Great-grandpa's Death.

The truth will set you free but what if it isn't something that you wanted to hear?

Two months later.

It has been two months since both Maya and Jade had gotten engaged but they couldn't celebrate it without their great-grandfather who was currently bedridden.

He was the pillar, their guardian, and most importantly he was someone they could always rely on whenever they had a problem. Including asking him for his granddaughters' hand in marriage.

Both Rocco and Jayden went to him to get his granddaughter's hand in marriage as it was what they wanted to do before anything else.

But unfortunately, he was getting weak every day, and he knew that he didn't have much time. He gathered his daughter and son-in-law first before anyone else. He needed to say a few things to them before anyone else.

"I know how much Hamza is suffering and I want you to help him in realizing that the truth is always going to be right in front of him. And that he shouldn't let her take over his mind....."

"Dad, what are you trying to say? Is she alive?", Nayla asks her father.

"That I can't tell you because it isn't up to me to know this. All I am saying is that he shouldn't have let her family ruin what he has", he says coughing. And then he turned to face Liam. "I gave you a chance because I saw myself in you. I saw a man who had a brilliant future and I was right about that. And I am glad that you ended up with my daughter. She needed someone like you in her life and again I was right", he added smiling.

"Thats true. But I am the one who should be thankful to you. Because if it wasn't for you giving me a chance, I won't have been able to be the man I am today. So thank you, dad. Thank you for being my mentor and my family", Liam tells him.

"Dad, Liam is right. We are lucky to have you in our lives. Someone who understood us without even saying a word. And the love that you have shown me and Liam is something that we will never forget", Nayla tells her father smiling.

But deep down she knew that her father was dying and this was him saying goodbye to them and thats why he called his entire family to come and see him one last time.

"Now will you call my grandchildren....the older ones"?

Nayla and Liam walked out and asked their children to go inside including their spouses.

Layla and Jason walked inside with Naeem and Ayat. They couldn't hold the tears in their eyes.

"Come, sit beside me", their grandfather tells them.

They took a seat next to him on his bed and he held out his hands for them to hold.

One hand was for Layla and Jason while the other one was for Naeem and Ayat.

"This isn't goodbye, my dears. We will meet in Jannah in shaa Allah. And we will be happy and smiling together. Always remember that. Now, I called you here to tell you that, your children's happiness should be your priority. Their smiles should be attached to yours", he tells them while looking at Naeem and Ayat.

"We understand, Papa. And we will do as you wish", Ayat tells him giving him a sad smile.

"Now that my time is over. All I want to say is that listen to what your children are saying to you even if they are silent. Love each other always", he advises them.

Hassan knew that it was time for him to meet his great-grandkids and especially Hamza. He needed to talk to him before he does.

"Papa...."