Unexpected Love

Chapter 24 (Reunited Hearts)

Emma: WHAT?
Andrew: Emma, what are you saying? What coma?
Emma looked at him, surprised.
Emma: You left me! You left while I was in a coma and said you never wanted to see me again, didn't you?
Andrew: Of course not, Emma! Who told you that?
Emma: Danny!
Andrew: Danny and your father told us at the hospital that you wanted to go back to Turkey and you didn't want to see us or stay with us anymore!
Emma sat on the chair behind her in shock. Andrew started brushing his hair with his hand nervously.
Andrew: We were both cheated, Emma!
Emma: I didn't believe it at first, but... but I tried to call you many times, you and all your family, even Peter, but all of you were unavailable! How could you explain that?

Andrew: It was me who tried to call you in all possible ways, but your father or Danny were answering and telling me that you didn't want to speak with me! I tried for three months to reach you. I even came to Istanbul, but you didn't accept to meet me, or that's what they told me.
Emma: I told you I was in a coma for three months!
Andrew: After those three months, I couldn't reach you again because it was always unavailable!
Emma: Of course, they handled it somehow!
Andrew: Why did they do that then?
Emma: I don't know! I'll ask Danny!
Andrew: No, not Danny! He is your father's slave and won't tell us anything. Call your father!
Emma looked at him and then to the side.
Emma: No!
Andrew: Emma, I said call your father!
Emma: We can't! He won't answer!
Andrew got angry and started shouting!

Andrew: Emma, call your father! It's my right to know why he did that to us!! Call him now!
Emma got up angrily and hit him in his chest while talking.
Emma: I said we can't! He won't answer us, he can't answer in any way! He can't!
Andrew held Emma's hands and fixed them on his chest while looking at her in shock. Emma started to calm down and cried while looking at him.
Andrew: Emma, what exactly do you mean by this? Where's your father?
Emma spoke in a shaking tone and hard crying.
Emma: He doesn't exist anymore! They killed him! They didn't spare him, Andrew! He couldn't manage to save his life! He couldn't...
Andrew pulled her and hugged her tightly while stroking her hair sadly and shocked. Emma kept crying for a while, and Andrew kept hugging her.
After a while, he felt that her gasping decreased. He helped her sit on the bed and went to bring her some water. Emma drank and calmed down, so Andrew sat next to her and held her hand.

Andrew: Do you want to tell me what happened?
Emma looked at him and nodded.
Emma: When I woke up after three months, I found myself in Istanbul. I already told you about what happened after that. After I got out of the hospital, my dad didn't allow me to live in our old house. Danny rented an apartment for me and provided security. I wasn't able to see my father a lot anyway, our relationship was strained after what happened here. I only saw him four or five times during the year I spent there while he was alive. One day, Danny came and told me that he was killed, but he didn't allow me to attend the funeral as my dad ordered. I entered a period of depression, but I had to move on, Andrew. So I studied hard in my last year of high school to catch up on what I missed and then entered university. That's all.

Emma finished while wiping her tears.
Andrew: Why didn't you try to come back to us?
Emma: I was already 19, Andrew. There was no persuasive reason to transfer my file in the middle of the school year as I wasn't a minor. I also couldn't come as I thought you didn't want to see me again. Then who would I come for?
Andrew pulled Emma to him and kissed her head many times.
Andrew: I'm sorry for leaving you to live through all of this alone. I'm so sorry that I wasn't there for you.
Emma didn't answer but buried her head more in his chest. After a while, Emma moved away and looked at him. Andrew started wiping her tears away with his hand.
Andrew: Are you okay now?
Emma: Yeah.

He kissed her head again, and Emma looked into his eyes and then at his lips. They approached each other until they kissed. They couldn't consider the last night a mistake because they were repeating the same mistake again. Emma and Andrew lay in bed together, their bodies entwined as they basked in the afterglow of their lovemaking. Their breaths were heavy, their hearts beating fast as they looked into each other's eyes.
Andrew whispered, his hand caressing Emma's cheek.
Andrew: I love you.
Emma smiled softly, leaning in to kiss him.
Emma: I love you too.
She murmured against his lips.