One last time - Chapter 342

“I’ll tell you more about it in detail on the way, okay? Let’s look for him first.”

…..

Walker mansion.

“So it’s true? T-They are not dead?” When grandma Walker broke into tears, Chris sighed, “Why did you both lie to me?”

“We didn’t want to but—”

Cutting grandma Walker, grandpa Walker added, “We had no other choice, Harry and Kathy did not leave us with any other choice. In fact, they did not have any choice.” Walking towards Chris, he placed his hand on his shoulder. “I know it’s very hard for you but it was very hard for them too. They had to choose between raising you with fear in their hearts or watching you become the wonderful man you are now from afar with the satisfaction of you being safe in their hearts.”

“W—Why didn’t you tell me this earlier?” Chris shuttered. The sudden revelation was too much for him to handle. All his life, he had lived thinking how wonderful it would have been if his parents were alive and were there to support and encourage him. Though did not remember them, he still missed them a lot. But now after twenty nine years when he heard they were very much alive and had left on purpose, he had no idea how he was supposed to react.

“We didn’t want to complicate your life and also because Harry and Kathy told us not to,” grandma Walker answered.

Keeping quiet for quite some time, Chris got up. “I want to be alone for sometime.” Without waiting for their reply, he walked away.

…..

Twenty minutes later.

Walker mansion.

“Where is Martha?” Kevin inquired.

“I already told her, she will be here soon,” Silvia answered.

“I almost thought he would never find out,” Grandma Walker muttered.

“I always knew he would and I am somewhat happy that he did. This is not something we could keep away from him for a long time. Sooner or later he would find out the truth,” Grandpa Walker stated.

“Where is he grandpa?” Kevin asked. The sudden revealing of Chris’ parents being alive was a blow for him too.

“He is in the garden, he wants to be alone for sometime.”

Thinking for a while, Kevin approached Silvia. “Babe, I think you should go and talk to him. I would but I don’t know what to tell him.”

“Are you sure I should go? Shouldn’t we wait for Martha to handle this?”

“Martha is also very overwhelmed right now so—”

Nodding her head, Silvia agreed, “okay, I’ll talk to him.”

…..

Garden.

“Hey—” Sitting beside him, Silvia gave him a weak smile.

Returning the smile, Chris sighed, “So you also knew about it?” When she nodded her head, he chuckled, “Well, seems like I was the only dumb one who had no idea what is going on.”

“It’s not your fault you know, it’s just—I can’t seem to find another word for it, it’s just fate,” she remarked.

“Silvia, can I ask you something?”

“Yes, sure.”

“How did you handle your emotion when you found that—”

“My parents are not dead but very much alive?”  When he nodded his head, she sighed, “Well, at first I did not feel anything. I felt numb and it felt like a dream. But as things started unfolding themselves, I kept embracing myself and then started weighing the pros and cons.”

“Chris, I won’t say what your parents did was wrong but please don’t hate them until you hear them out and understand the whole situation properly,” Silvia advised him.

When he nodded his head, she patted his shoulder, “Don’t worry, everything will be okay.”

….

Three days before the competition.

Kevin and Silvia’s place.

“Jan, what happened?” When she did not say anything, Silvia placed her hand on her shoulder. “You can tell me anything.”

Keeping quiet for quite some time, Janet asked, “Silvia, do you trust me?”

Taken aback by her sudden question, Silvia quickly nodded her head. “Of course I do.”

“Then come with me.”

“Where?”

“You will see.”

….

An hour later.

“What do you mean by you lost them?” Kevin yelled.

“We were following their car but it disappeared all of a sudden.” Lucifer frowned and added, “Or maybe it got replaced with a similar looking car.”

“What?”

“Kev, you gotta relax. They might be shopping or doing something,” Chris tried to calm him down.

“Silvia’s phone is not reachable—”

“And so is Janets,” Rocky muttered.

“Guys, I just found out who the mysterious guy is,” Matt stated.

“The one whom Sabrina is meeting?” When he nodded his head, Chris asked, “Who is it?”

“Andrew Brown.”

…..

Brown mansion.

Throwing his head back, Andrew chuckled, “You did not disappoint me Janet.” Tossing the phone aside, he made his way towards Aurora. “Our daughter is more obedient and honest than you.”

Helplessly shaking his head, he sighed, “You know I had no plans of killing or hurting you but you have left me with no choice.” Gently c.a.r.e.s.sing her cheeks, he muttered, “Why did you lie to me honey?”

“Anyway, I will let you live for two or maybe three days because I am in a very good mood. Janet is taking Silvia with her to Malgories for the competition and almost everyone knows what is going to happen there.” Squeezing her cheeks, he grinned, “Even you know it, right?”

…..

Kevin and Silvia’s place.

“Kevin, this isn’t the right time to freak out. We need to do something and come up with a solution,” Matt encouraged everyone. Janet mysteriously taking away Silvia three days before the competition couldn’t be just a mere coincidence. Everyone present in the room knew what was going to happen next and it scared them.

“Silvia definitely willingly accompanied Janet, I don’t think she had to force her or something,” Chris remarked.

“Of course, Silvia would never doubt Janet’s intentions.”

Scrunching his brows, Rocky snapped, “Stop it you guys. I think you guys are accusing Jnet for nothing. What if she is doing this to keep Silvia safe? We can’t judge her action so soon and what if both of them are in trouble? Think about it in all possible ways.” He was very sure that Janet would never Silvia no matter what happened.

“I think Rocky is right, we should focus on finding the girl rather than making assumptions,” Matt added.

“The first thing we all need to do is leave for Malgories because if we don’t, we won’t be able to make it on time,” Liza suggested.

“Sabrina has already left and George followed her too,” Jackson informed.

Clutching his hand into a fist, Kevin gritted his teeth. The thing he had feared the most had finally happened. Silvia was taken away and if things do not get under control, the outcome could be very shattering.

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SPECIAL AUTHOR’S NOTE:

Greetings, I had plans of updating all the chapters in bulk but I decided to drop these three chapters first.

The remaining chapters will be up soon 🙂

Happy Reading ^_^