Forgotten, But Not Lost

Chapter 37

The Bridger family walked back from the hallway that housed the bedrooms, into the living space. Sabine and Ahsoka brought out the brewed tea that Maru had started to fix for everyone to enjoy as they started their conversation. This was crucial for everyone involved, they had a lot of things to worry about, starting with the fact of the girls' father, Kylo Ren. Ezra and Maru were not privy to that information yet, all they knew was the fact that their daughter was alive and in the years of her absence she gave birth to twins and the father wasn't here, which they assumed meant he was out of the picture.

Everyone grabbed a cup of tea and warmed up their hands from the outside chill they encountered on Coruscant. Ahsoka and Sabine sat on either side of Amar, in a way to calm her before she had to have a difficult conversation to her estranged parents. Maru and Ezra sat across from the three holding hands with each other to prepare.

Ahsoka looked at Amar, since no one was initiating the conversation.

"Amar, why don't you just start from the beginning, like you told us." Ahsoka offered to Amar with a slight nod of reassurance.

Amar looked down into her cup of tea, how was she supposed to fully explain to her parents that she was ultimately a failure? At least that was how Amar assumed her parents would take the news, but she couldn't have been father from the truth.

Amar spent the next couple hours going over every detail of her childhood and adulthood that her parents missed out on, by sending her away to Skywalker's temple. Amar thought that her parents needed to know about her and Ben's force connection, considering both her parents were force sensitive as well, maybe that meant they had something similar? Ezra and Maru seemed to be fully surprised to find out about this connection, they both had never heard of such a thing happening.

"This does make a little sense though, Amar, when I held you in my arms one of the first times, I had a vision of my own. In my vision, I saw you with Ben Solo, that would explain the force connection being around even before you were sent away. The force has been planning this since you were a wee youngling in my arms." Ezra explained to Amar.

Ezra and Maru had finally been told their daughters heart aching story of her life, they could not help but feel guilty for sending her away to have this life in front of her, but if they hadn't, they wouldn't have their grandchildren here today with them.

Maru got up from the couch she was sitting on with Ezra and walked over to her daughter and knelt down in front of her. Amar bowed her head as her mother approached, almost as if she was ashamed for the story she told. Maru placed her hands on her daughters that sat in her lap.

"Amar, look at me. I am so sorry for everything you have gone through. Your father and I will do whatever we can to make this right. I promise you. You didn't do anything wrong my sweets, you and Ben have something none of us will ever understand. My heart tells me your story isn't over with him, have faith in the force my daughter." Maru spoke to Amar as gently as she could.

Amar looked over at her father, who was mostly quiet throughout most of the conversation and wondered if he was ashamed of her. Her mother offered her some reassurance, but something about her mother's face, Amar knew she would never be disappointed by her daughter.

Maru looked back at her husband as in a way to nudge him, she was getting the feeling Amar was embarrassed and ashamed of her story she had just told them. Amar needed comfort from her family, the ones who were supposed to protect her from all of this, but didn't. Ezra got up to join Maru in soothing their daughter, Sabine got up to make room for him. Her father sat next to her and placed his arm across her back and pulled Amar into his body.