A Love So Beautiful

Chapter 7

                           Hande thought it was time to visit Levant . She went and knocked at his apartment door. Levant was getting ready and asked Hande to come inside. She saw Levant's bags on the bed, clothes scattered all over the bed.  She looked at him sarcastically then asked him if he had any idea what would have happened as he was always following Feriha like a shadow. She used to pour all her problems to him. There must be something that shattered her and she left quietly without telling anyone. Levant told her that he did not meet her the previous day, he was already entangled in his own problems concerning his brother.  Then Levant looked up directly into her eyes and opened his heart for once in his life before Hande .

                    He was tired now.  Feriha's disappearance had broken him somewhere and he was feeling guilty also.  He felt guilty for abandoning his younger brother and mother. He became selfish, only thought of himself when left the home, rebelled against his father's autocratic ways.  He did wrong with Sanem too,  he led her on when he knew she was falling for him. He had lived his life on his terms,  never tied himself in relations. Feriha changed his outlook looking at life.  He treated her like a kid in the starting. She was naive, innocent, found insecure because of her love for Emir. She talked to him indirectly about her life, then her lies, her insecurities, her fears about losing Emir,  his love.  She used to talk only about Emir,  He could see pain, fear in her eyes. Her day as if started with Emir and ended with Emir.  Once she jumped from the boat and then he saved her life at the nick of the time,  when he asked her why she did so,  she said as if Emir was calling her from the depth of the sea and she surrendered herself to him.

                        How insensitive he became that he tried to create a rift in their life despite having seen numerous times their unshakable bonding, their love for each other. Only if he had befriended Emir too.  He was more mature. Then he gazed at her with his piercing eyes, sadly asked her do one had control over whom to love and whom to not? He never knew when did he fall in love with Feriha. He became selfish, he wanted to protect her. Then continued saying what an irony that he was protecting her from her love. She had eyes only for Emir.  Emir knew what I felt for her and that was why he was jealous when there was nothing for him to get jealous of. Love could be a weakness and same time could be a strength. He had seen Feriha getting stronger to handle any situation. Levant paused, told  Hande that Sanem rang him a while ago that his brother went back to father to complete his studies and she was coming back to Cansu who had forgiven her. Both need support. Sanem would be coming with her daughter Palin.  He would give credit to Sanem for handling Bulent. Levant looked at Hande again sadly and then saw Emir standing in the doorway like a statue. He was looking at Levant , he must have listen to the conversation.  Then in a lighter tone told Emir who could be a better person than him to tell him that only he is the centre of her universe. " You both lacked mutual  understanding, trust factor & communication gap otherwise where was the need for a third person in your life."Levant on a serious note told Emir. Levant came forward and hugged Emir, telling him again that Feriha surely would come back,  she couldn't survive without him. He should trust himself and his love for her. Emir looked at him with a nod then left with Hande.  Levant looking thoughtfully at Emir's back.

                                                                      Gülizar saw the tears shimmering in her magnificent eyes and one of them traced unheeded down her smooth cheek. She sat down and Feriha then hugged her and started sobbing again. Gülizar moved her hands softly on her head and after some time Feiha stopped crying and then she told Gülizar that she wanted to find a job here.  She requested Aunt not to ask her why she came here.  If she had any problem,  her staying with them then she will leave the house.   Gülizar then told her lovingly,  never to talk about leaving. This house belonged to her also. If she accepted her as a mother then please tell her what had happened between the two of them? Feriha said she needed some time, Feriha started looking at the job column in the newspaper.