Be My Side (Completed) ✔

35. Better To Backup Rather Reset

"What's our Jas talking with Nick?" Lily asks Rose.

"Let's prepare to leave by tomorrow", Rose indirectly gives hint to Lily and Violet.

Meanwhile, Sara brings her father Mr. James to talk with me. They cross Jas's friends and reach me.

"Father, it's time. Go on", Sara encourages Mr. James by taping on both of his shoulders.

"Nick dear", he calls me gently. I turn to him. Jas smiles at us and goes to Sara. She gives high-five to Sara.

"Why are you beating her hand, Jas?" Violet asks Jas.

"It's not beating. It's high-five, sharing our happiness." Jas explains and gives high-five to Violet. And Violet gives high-five to Lily. But, Rose doesn't respond, rather stares at them with narrow eyes by crossing her hands.

"Who taught this to you, Jas?" Rose asks while lifting her left eyebrow.

"Nick", Jas answers with a smile.

"Did you learn anything more?" Violet asks.

"Yeah! Cooking earthlings food, playing with balloons, eating ice-cream heartfully..." While Jas telling with excitement, Rose disrupts, "I can't remain all the time, that you're a princess, Jas. Sorry". She leaves. Jas baffles, why Rose is like this?

"Haha! Don't take to heart, Jas. We knew about her, right? I'll look at her." Lily consoles Jas and leaves to check Rose along with Violet. 

"Let's all give them privacy", Sara looks at everyone's eager faces and says. They all scatter but keeps an eye at me.

"How are you, my boy?" he asks me. I remind silent. "I can understand your feelings cause I too experienced your situation when my father married another woman." He stands beside me and starts talking by looking at the sea. I too turn at the sea. "Sorry, Nick. I could have asked you before marrying Angela. I never thought of a remarriage cause I can't imagine anyone in the place of Amanda", he says by placing his hand on his heart. "I just married Sara's mother, not as the replacement of my Amanda. Only because of her family conditions. Just to give a helping hand to her and little Sara, she's just two years old then."  

"What all your father is saying is true, Nick." Mrs. Angela enters. I turn slightly back. "Sorry, I should not talk between you but I too want to confess something, Nick. I also lost my mother when I was born. My father did my marriage with a greedy man, without knowing him. He cheated on me and took my property. Knowing that my father died with a heart attack. Where to go with my child?  There was a family friend, who treated me like his sister. But, he disappeared before my marriage itself. No one was there to support me in that hard time. So, I reached Mr. Harries to show a way to live, cause he was a close friend to my father. Your father rejected me to marry but your grandfather collapsed with heart pain. He refused to take treatment instead took a promise to marry me. To save your grandfather, your father came forward to marry me and gave a new life." 

I look at my father. His eyes are wet and tears are falling. Mrs. Amanda holds him and caresses his back. "I never thought to do anything against you, Nick. I don't have any intention to send you a hostel. You already missing your mom and Max at that time. And the disturbances between us leads to a gap. I just want to see you happy wherever you are. So, when your grandpa asked you about the hostel you said okay. I thought you need some time to digest this matter. That's why I agreed, but it also added you to misunderstand me." He burst out his tears.

"Nick? I never thought I have only one child. The day when I saw you first at your home itself I accepted you as my first child and next Sara. I don't know whether saying it,...good or not but, then to even today, we have been living in separate rooms. Of course, we're in a relationship as a husband and wife but a relationship doesn't mean always physical attachment. We respect each other and love each other as good friends, not more than that." Mrs. Angela says with tears.