Bonds Beyond Time

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💮 AUTHOR'S POV 💮

"I am Edmund King and it's a pleasure to finally meet you. Heard a lot about you and your family from this dimwit, so I couldn't wait till yesterday to meet you all. Also I need to replace someone's tears into a smile. Because that someone looks like a monkey when she cries." He teased Ava. Ava who was still in a shock to see her brother, ran into his arms. Her safe place.

He pecked her forehead and tightly wrapped his arms around his sister.

"I don't look like a monkey, you do. When you eat, sleep, smile, shout, everytime. Except for when you try to sing, that time you look like a donkey." Ava said with a pout and Atkins had a good laugh over her quirky response.

After the introductions they all sat together and happily had their meal. After dinner, everyone was settled in the living room when Neil asked a maid to call rest of the family downstairs.

Soon his grandfather, Summer and Celine joined them. Unlike Neil, Ava was shocked to see her. Various questions came to her mind, she looked around towards Neil and Ed, to see their reactions but they weren't stunned like her. It seems they knew about Celine.

Then it clicked to Ava what Neil meant when he said his King of Spades instead of Ace. She felt happy to see the bond two most important man of her life shares. How they were with each other for good and bad.

Celine was equally shocked to see that Avaline was the girl, her crush has married to. Now she was a little tensed. Two most powerful man of the world were at her side. One was her brother and other was her husband.

Neil did the maths when he saw Celine entering the house with Summer. He told everything to King and together they planned to save both of their sisters and Close Celine's chapter for once and all.

"Oh what a pleasant surprise my dear stepsister. Oops my bad, I meant ex-stepsister. After an unsuccessful attempt of ruining my life, you dare think about my best friend. I spared you last time because of dad but let's do it my way this time."

"Bestfriend? "

"Yes, surprise surprise."

"Now let me tell you all a story. Summer listen carefully with an open mind because it based on true events and people. I have evidence to prove and support each and every point I'll be stating now.
Celine be prepared for nothing but truth.

There was a little boy, whose parents were too busy to be bothered so on one of his birthday he prayed to God to give him a friend. His wish came true on the same day next year. God gifted him with a cute little sister. She was his world and he was her teddy bear. Over years, their bond grew stronger and stronger while their parents drifted apart. His father found solace in the arms of another woman. It was easy, no big deal, parent got divorced. But what was kids fault why we're they separated. They didn't even got to say their final goodbye.

While his dad happily married again and lived with him new wife and new daughter, he was sent off to a boarding school. Every moment he missed his sister more and more.
On the other hand, the little girl had to fend for herself. Just because her mother couldn't stop drinking and get herself to go out and work, that little girl of ten went in search of a job. Her mom took loans, she paid it off. Her mom got hungry, she made the food, her mom got cancer, she got more bills to pay. All this was not enough to deter the little girl, she earned scholarship in her school and studied along while working. One day her mom died because the money she was given for medicines was spent by her on gambling but it wasn't enough she took a loan before dying from the most vicious shark out there. Leaving all the burden to deal with it on her daughter's shoulder.

Daughter got a new job as an executive assistant and that's how the siblings were reunited. Their life was slowly getting back on track when the father who has done nothing good in the story, returns to encash his kids. His company was dying while that of his son was flourishing. So he and his family planned to fabricate his son's accident to blackmail their daughter and get her married to an old rich bastard who was willing to pay millions. The stepsister and mother, thought a step forward. They thought of why not kill the son after the daughter's marriage so that they can arrogate his property while his sister would be busy grieving.

They would have been successful if not for the brother's best friend who knew all about this vicious family stepped in. He knew the extent they could go to so instead of the old man, he married the sister and together they saved the brother. Father went bankrupt so his new wife married the man who was supposed marry her stepdaughter.

Stepsister who couldn't arrogate brother's wealth, found the next best option. She payed the goons to attack his sister and like some 3rd grade superhero came for her rescue. She twisted the story and earned everyone's sympathy. How sad that the boy was already keeping tabs on her for his friend.

He was just waiting to collect enough proof that he could hand her over to the police. Today he has them and the police is right outside the mansion waiting to collect their parcel. "

"What rubbish this is not true, stop framing me. Summer you trust me don't you. I am innocent, these Knights are cunning as hell. They even manipulated your brother."

Summer was broken, she didn't know whom to believe anymore. But she can't unsee Ava's tears, she can't unsee Ed's honesty. And above all she would rather trust her brother than anyone else. She slapped Celine on her cheek and left for her room to cry in peace. Ava understood what Summer might be going through so she went after her leaving Ed and Neil to deal with Celine.

Ed went to the grandfather and asked,
"Mr Atkins, do you have any questions before I respectfully throw this girl out. "

While in the background, Celine was begging Neil and confessing how she truly loved him.

"For the first time in those seventy years, I felt like I wrongly judged someone. And it would have costed me my grandson's happiness. I am sorry King, I'll apologize to Ava as well."

Atkins were surprised because never have they ever thought that Senior Atkin even knew the meaning of this word. While Ed nodded and dragged Celine out of the house and handed her to the police while all the Atkins were open mouthedly staring at grandfather.

"What." He shouted irritated by their overexagerated reactions.

"Grandpa, when you apologize to Ava can you tell me beforehand so I can record it. I can sell that clip and be a billionaire all over again."

"Stop it young man, Remember you have to quit your job Monday.