HIS TEMPTATION

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2 years later...
#Scott...
What I was doing was clearly called eavesdropping. I peeped through the door as my father and Uncle F continued arguing and my mom stood by my fathers side watching them in silence.
"You can't leave Felix. You don't know what you are doing!", my father exclaimed.
"Why can't I? I'm not a child anymore I can make my own decisions! And this decision is final. All I need is my daughters approval. I can't stand it anymore, you have to stop telling me what to do!", my uncle shouted.
"You're playing with your daughters life. Just because you're hallucinating frequently doesn't mean it's going to last forever"
"You have to understand me brother. I see Livia in whatever I'm doing in my life. During meetings I call her name out loud, when shopping I do the same. It's not healthy. Well at first I liked it, but now people are starting to think I'm going crazy. The best thing to do is to change my environment, if it doesn't work out then I'll think of what to do next", he explained.
"But poor Chloe..", started Mom.
"Poor Chloe is going to be fine!", Uncle F interrupted.
They were silent for a while before my dad spoke.
"Where are you going back to?", he spoke in almost a whisper.
"The United Arab Emirates", he answered.
"Oh Felix please tell me you do not mean it", said Mom. "That far"
"I do mean it Vina. As a matter of fact we're leaving in 3 days", he answered.
My father raised his head up and looked at my uncle with pierced eyes.
"Felix please don't do this", my mother continued "give us a little more time to say goodbye to both of you"
My father raised his hands to my mother telling her to keep quiet.
"Vina, Felix is old enough to make his own personal decisions. If that's what you think is best Felix, I wish you the very best of luck".
"That is all I want to hear from you brother. Thank you. We'll stop by tomorrow and say our goodbyes", he said.
He headed towards the door and I quickly ran back to my room.
I can't believe that Chloe is leaving me. My best friend, my only friend, my sister, my cousin, she's really leaving. To the United Arab Emirates, that's as far as the middle east. But there is nothing to worry about, since Uncle F said she must approve. I'm sure Chloe will never approve of it, she wont and can't leave me.
Girl interrupted my thoughts as she ran into my room and knocked me down from the couch. She dropped the boomerang that was in her mouth on my hands. She wants to play.
"No girl. I'm thinking", I said and she turned her head anti clock wise and made a sound. "Chloe is leaving us Girl. We should think, not play. Think of how to stop her from leaving", I finished off.
"Scott!!!", whenever mom calls me in that kind of tone, something must definitely be wrong.
"Yes mom", I answered.
"Is Girl there with you? How many times have I warned you not to let that little beast into my house?"
"Ahh...she's not here", I lied.
"Can you come out and explain the paw prints in the kitchen and hallway?", she sounded angrier.
"Woooof!", Girl barked.
Busted.
"And explain where the bark came from!", mom added.

#Chloe...
"What?!", I screamed. "Leaving! I can't leave"
"Princess please calm down. Just hear me out okay?", said Dad.
"Fine. But I'm not leaving this house". "And Scott", I added.
"Do you know where we're going?", he asked in an excited tone.
"No", I answered frowning.
"We are going to the UAE. Wow", he was trying to make me feel excited about it and it wasn't working. "There, you'll go to a new school, we'll live in a mansion bigger than this.."
"If it's bigger than this it's called a palace", I interrupted.
"You.. can call it whatever you want. You'll have Arab employees you'll have everything new. Life there will be exciting and interesting"
"Can I get Scott?", I asked after he was done.
"Well not exactly but, whenever you want to see him I'll send a jet to get him. Please sweetie"
"No I'm not going anywhere without Scott!", I said and stormed into my room.

Although since Mama's demise Scott and I haven't been as in touch as we were before he's still my best friend. It was all Dad's fault, he's the one always going out with me. When he was attending meetings he'd have his fancy friends bring along their fancy daughters for me to play with rather than just dropping me at Scotts. Whenever Scott and I meet the our departure often doesn't end well because he calls me name like fancy lady or high born and I do not like it. But still, I can't leave Scott or Emily or Aunt Vina or even Girl. They are my family.
"Bed time my princess", said Nanny Grunny.
"Already!", I groaned.
Nanny Grunny's my favorite nanny and she's just like my Mama. She makes sure I brush my teeth, wash my face and wear my pjs before lying on the bed for night stories. Sometimes we talk about things that I like and she advises me on matters concerning wrong decisions I took.
I did all that was expected of me and lied down on my bed, ready for story.
"Nanny Grunny?"
"Yes sweetie", she answered.
"Am I not too old for stories? I mean well you said no one is too old for stories, but at least now you should be reading out novels to me, not goldilocks and the three bears. I'm ten years old and I'm no more a baby".
She laughed at my childishness "okay then, no more story books or lullabies. But we can be discussing issues concerning our lives. Is that matured enough?",she laughed.
"Yes", I laughed too.
"Okay..ahh..let me see.."
I looked at her as she tries to bring a topic of discussion
"Yes! Got one! My princess?", she called.
"Yes"
"Has your father ever refused any of your requests?", she asked.
"No", I answered. "How about yours?", I asked.
"Well I never really did grew up with him. He passed away", she said silently.
"I'm sorry I asked"
"It's okay really. And has your father ever asked you for something in return?", she asked again.
"Nope", I answered twirling my hair with my fingers.
"Don't you think moving to UAE for him would be a good idea? At least you've somehow repaid him for all the things he has done and will do"
I looked at her with knitted eyebrows.
"No I don't want to", I said and turned my body to the other side as a signal for 'I'm not changing my mind old lady'.
"Just think about it. New mansion..", she started.
"New school, new clothes, new employees, new! New! New! New! I do want new things but I don't want my new life without Scott and we can't take him with us", I interrupted her.
She sighed.
"Your daddy is always thinking of ways to make you happy. All that he's doing is for your own benefit. Can't you see that he's getting older as the days pass by? If not for you he would have retired a long time ago. He's building your future for you. And saying no to the first thing he asked from you is not wise. Since My lady, I'm sorry to say, died he has been struggling to stay strong and happy for your own strength. If it were some other father out there he'll not ask for your opinion or choice. And your cousin Scott would be there whenever you wish to see or talk to him... so please my princess, think about it. Make your father happy".
I was already crying as she finished her speech. I couldn't find the word to throw at her again. She won. All she said was right. My father is the person I love the most so making him happy should be my top priority.
My sobs became louder and she tried to console me. Suddenly my dad came in
"What did you do to her!", he shouted. "Tell me! Now!", he was furious.
She couldn't explain herself as she trembled.
"Daddy, she didn't do anything", I said quickly.
"Sure?", he asked
"Yes", I answered.
"May I go my princess?", she asked.
"Yes. Thank you".
The moment she left, dad sat beside me on the bed and hugged me.
"Nothing is wrong,right? She didn't hurt you in anyway, did she?", he asked checking me.
I almost laughed.
"No Paapa", I smiled.
"Oh god princess you scared me", he hugged me again.
We kept quiet as we hugged and it was clear that none of us is ready to cut the hug off.
"You know princess, it's been long since you've called me Paapa. You remembered Mama's culture today huh?", he asked.
"Not really", I laughed. I enjoyed the vibration on his back as he spoke to me whilst we were still hugging, ticklish.
After we broke off the hug, we were silent. Both of us deep in thoughts.
I finally spoke, "paapa"
"Yes sweetie", he answered.
"We should move back to UAE", I said with a smile.
He was clearly shocked and over joyed from the look on his face.
"Princess for real???", he asked with a wide smile.
"Yes Paapa", I smiled again.
He gave me another hug. He asked why I cried and I told him what really happened.
"I was a little rough on Grunny, I'll go speak with her later", he said.
"Please do. Let me sleep now, we have a lot of parking to do tomorrow", I smiled.
"You're right", he stood up from the bed, tugged my blanket, kissed me on the forehead and cheeks, turned off the side lamp and said "goodnight princess. And thank you", before he left.
Tomorrow's gonna be a busy and long day.

#Scott...
"Leaving!!!", I exclaimed on hearing the word coming out from princess Chloe's fancy mouth.
"Yes. I told you you can come visit anytime. We'll be together whenever we feel like. I'll not make new friends and...", She explained.
"But what about my final game. It's Sunday morning and you're leaving tomorrow. You know I can never score if you're not around."
"Of course you can. It's just some stupid belief that you brought upon yourself", she said filing her nails. She wasn't even looking at me.
"Stupid!"
"Not really stupid but you can score Scott, I believe in you", she said.
"I just want you to be there. It's the last game I'm playing with the school team and it should be the best"
"Fine. I'll come", he blurted.
"Really???", my eyes widen in amazement.
"Yeah. I promise", she said.
"Chloe for real??", I asked again, just to be sure.
"Duhh! I just promised", she made that cute face.
"Yesss!!", I jumped.
"And you better tell Girl to stop touching me. She's distracting me and as you can see I'm doing my nails", she added.
Fancy Chloe.
"I'm going to the swing", I started.
"Race you!", she screamed as she ran out of my room with Girl following her.
"Wait up!", I shouted before running after them both.
My Girls!

"We're leaving tomorrow morning, don't you want to come see me off?", she asked when they were about to leave my house.
"No!"
"Why? Because you don't want to cry", she laughed.
"Huh.. no.."
"Then what? You'll surely miss me Scott. You'll be like 'Chloe why did you leave me here? Come back my sunshine'", she mimicked a crazy tone claiming it was mine.
"Shut up!", I said.
Our fathers came out of the main house as they were saying their own farewells. Chloe went to my mom and gave both my mom and sister a hug before she came back to me. Their chauffeur opened the door for her to get in.
"This is goodbye then?", I asked.
"What did it look like dummy?", she laughed and I only smiled.
'Don't get emotional Scott! Not now. Not in front of them!', my instincts told me.
"Scott!", she screamed waving her hand in front of my face "hello".
"Bye then", I said.
"Come and give me a hug", she said. "Don't be shy baby", she laughed.
I gave her a tight hug. It was clear in both of our eyes that we were feeling emotional but we decided to not show it.
He dad entered the car and she was the only one left out. She waved me one last time before entering the car.
Slowly, I watched them as they left our house.
***Bye Chloe***

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