A Mother's Will

Chapter 28

Jovana had become very upset about it, and even that evening she was called by Grandpa and asked to accept her fate. To which she said, No, I won't. She added, Johaan is bigger than me, and also, dad has another son; you should think about it. Grandpa stayed stubborn, and so did Jovana. Their talk turned into an argument, and Grandpa was loud enough to be heard by others now. Jovana stayed calm but did not change her mind. As his voice got louder and louder, the family started gathering around his room to know what's happening. Jovana kept listening for about 15 minutes, and the moment he said Johaan was incapable, just like Kabir, This gave rise to anger in her head, and she stood up and said in a loud enough voice to not let Grandpa feel insulted. "Incompetent, you are wrong; this family is not capable of growing children. He is a rich man with unimaginable wealth, and I wanted a family, so I came back, but he wanted a family, so he created one, and now he is a proud father too. So, trust me, he is more than capable of the throne, but he will not return because this family is not capable of him."

She then turned a little calmer and said, "I am here now for around 3 years, and I still don't feel welcomed in these walls when they were created for me in the first place. This place is my first creation, my first-floor plan, this paradise, and every inch of door here is my creation, grandpa. You know it, and I know this place better than you, and you know that." Grandpa asked her, still in shock. Johaan is married. "Wow, you didn't even know that, and you thought you gave us a better life. You know where he is in the most obvious place to find him. Maybe he chose that place to be found, but no one did. I am saying this for the last: if the coronation happens, it will happen for all three of us, fair and square, or for none of us, and I will make sure of it."

When she stepped out, she saw others and, ignoring them, went out of paradise. She went to the neighboring tower and painted till around 5 a.m. and then started running as her routine, but this time she did not stop even till 10 a.m., and Jaden followed her every day. Today, Jaden got a call from Jade to get her back because it was time for an investor's meeting. They were somewhere in between the highways, and Jaden called cars to go back; now she has security around at all times.

She was in her shorts and tee; she went to the office directly and took a bath there; the top floor of her office was her house too; she had breakfast; and then she left for the meeting in the 10th floor conference room, where the meeting went smoothly. That day, until around 11 p.m., she did not go back to Gratia, but when she did, she was informed that the coronation date for her was fixed.

This left her in a tight situation, and to get away from this, there was only one solution: to run away from Gratia and India for now. She sat in the car and stared, driving in anger. She drove till Srinagar, and her GPS turned off. Everyone was very scared and worried that everyone was except Akira, Kiara, and Ramya. They all knew that she went away in anger, and her car was missing too. With the number of threats that the family was receiving these days, it was too dangerous for anyone to be out there without security.