Perfect Two ✔️(Completed)

Chapter 35

35

A few moments ago

Mew noticed that Gulf keeps on spacing out. He's been behaving like this, these passed few days.
Tonight, albeit he smiled and laughed with them, his eyes showed it all. Mew maybe oblivious, but he had known Gulf for almost 40 years now. He already memorized every inch of him.

After the last guests leave, Mew pulled Gulf on the hidden part of the garden.

"Love, why are we here?" Gulf wondered.

"Tell me what's bothering you, baby."
He said directly so Gulf couldn't deny it. He saw even in the moonlight that Gulf was shocked. Indeed, he was hiding something.
"Don't lie, baby. For 40 years, I am with you. I already knew you. Spill it now." Mew uses his dominant voice, which Gulf rarely heard. This means his husband is really serious.

Gulf sat down on the steel hammock, Mew followed him and held his hand.

"You know you can always rely on me, right? We promise to not keep a secret between us, baby.. Tell me what's bothering you." He cooed Gulf, hoping it would help him to spill the problem.

"Tharn and Thorn were 18 when she showed herself and claimed as their mother." Gulf just blurted it like it was nothing.

Mew's mouth agape. "She? Who?"

"Sterling.. She's the surrogate of our children." Gulf looked  at Mew to read his expression.

Mew looks like a fish who got out of the water. His mouth agaped and kept on opening and closing.

"You heard me right. SHe said she wants them to recognize her, and she wants my sons to call her their mother. Did she think about my feelings? Am i being selfish, keeping this to all of you?" Gulf wipes his tears.

"Baby.."Mew hugged him tight." I understand.. It's okay.. You have all the right to feel that. She breached the surrogacy contract. We have the right to sue her, but you didn't. Is this the reason why you start feeling chest pains? I'm sorry. Im so oblivious about this. What kind of husband am I. "

Gulf shook his head.
"You didn't do anything wrong. But if they will know what if they will leave me and go to her love? I can't lose my children.. I know I am a man. They are not mine in flesh. Only in blood and DNA. I didn't carry them for 9 months.. I am afraid. I can't lose them.."

"But we must tell them before she will, baby.. So we can prepare for the possible outcome."

***

Thorn was driving home when he remembered that he needed to give Tharn the key of his Ferrari.

"Hon, we should go back. I forgot to give Tharn the key."

"Okay, Hon, let's go back." Arisa said while she gently taps the leg of Princess, who's sleeping peacefully on her arms.

***

Type was jotting down the names of those who give gifts on his notes so he can make for them sweets as a token of gratitude. He's waiting for Tharn to take the gifts from the backyard where they held the party.

The babies keep on moving on his belly. Their frantic movements alarmed him. It's unusual. The movements of the babies were accompanied by back pain.

"Ahh.. Babies.. Calm down. You are hurting, Mommy.." he said gently while rubbing his swollen stomach. He walks out of the room slowly to look for Tharn. The pain on his back was like a switch. It's on and off, while the twins keep on moving inside him.

He reached the back garden and what he saw shook him.

***

Thorn gets inside, leaving Arisa and Princess on his car because he will just be quick when he sees Tharn standing in the garden.

"Tharn—" he didn't finish when Tharn raised his hand mid-air, motioning him to stay quiet.

"This is why I hate surrogacy."

"We will tell them, okay?"
It's their Dad.

"TELL US ABOUT WHAT?" Tharn showed up.

Thorn got curious because he didn't hear the entire conversation.

"Yeah, what about it?" He stands next to Tharn.

Mew and Gulf were stunned. Surely, fate was a great joker.

They look at each other. Then Mew nodded at Gulf. It's now or never. They don't know how much the two heard on their conversation.

"It's about your surrogate mother." Gulf crooked. His words were just like whisper. He closes his eyes to prevent him from crying again. Telling his son about this is so painful.

"Our what?" Tharn and Thorn said in unison.

"Sterling.. You knew her the night of Thanya's engagement. She's your surrogate mother. She wanted to meet you and for you to recognize her as your mother."

"How long do you know that she's our surrogate mother?" Tharn snapped.

"Hey Tharn, don't raise your voice like that!" Mew snapped at him, too.

Gulf's breath hitched.
This is what he's been dreading to happen.

"Back when you are 18. She's sick. I had her investigated. Agent Rain told me about everything, and I chose to hide it from all of you."

"Why?!"Tharn said..

"Lower your voice, Tharn!" Thorn said to him.

"She is sick, Papa. How could you be so selfish? What are you afraid of? We will always choose you above anyone else. Yet you deprived her because of  what? You are scared that we might leave you?!" Tharn didn't stop himself.

Gulf's eyes widen. He can't believe that his favourite son raises his voice on him. And calling him selfish.
" Can you blame me? Are you blind? I am a man. I can never be your mother. You should know my feelings because you also married a gay Tharn." his tears now cascading on his face.
Mew hugged his waist, comforting him.

"I can't believe this. How on Earth you hide it."

Thorn got pissed. He grips the collar of Tharn's clothes.

"Apologize to our parents now, Tharn." Thorn demanded. He is still the oldest. He should act as one.

"Let me go!". He forcefully removed the hand of Thorn, but Mew's hand landed on his face.

"I didn't even pinch you even once since you are kids. But what you said to your Papa is below the belt! How dare you!" Mew was fuming mad.

Tharn was shocked. He held his face.
Before, no matter how hardheaded he is, he didn't receive any beating from his parents.

Gulf was calming Mew down, but he came close again to hit Tharn.
"We didn't raise you to be like that!"

Type witness it all. He forgets his aching belly, and he stands between the father and son.

"Stop, please.. Please don't fight..." His heart was beating fast. He remembered way back then when his foster father was hurting his foster mother, and he felt a searing pain on his belly up to his back.

"Type you're bleeding!!" Gulf shouted.

Then everything went black.