One last time - Chapter 356

“What is this?” he frowned.

“Silvia wanted to talk to him so I figured out a way,” Elias smiled.

Taking the phone from his hand, he kept it inside his pocket. “Thanks for this.”

“It’s okay, I owe it to Silvia.”

After Rocky left, Elias went inside to fetch Janet.

…..

Rocky’s place.

When Rocky arrived, Chris, Matt and Kevin were sitting in the living room.

“You are here, we were waiting for you,” Matt sighed. “Janet’s brother called, he wants to see all four of us.”

“Brother Matthew?” he frowned. “But why?”

“We don’t know, we are waiting for him to arrive,” Chris answered.

“Okay,” Rocky sighed before joining them. When he sat on the couch, the trio looked at him, waiting for them to say something.

“Come on, say something,” Matt excitedly remarked.

“I met Jan and she is 30 weeks pregnant,” he smiled.

“Bro—” Matt yelped in joy and gave him a hug. “Congratulations.”

“You will be a dad before me,” Chris exclaimed.

Patting his back, Kevin smiled, “Congrats man.”

“That’s not it—” Looking at their curious faces, he chuckled, “It’s a girl.”

“Oh my God, a niece,” Matt yelled.

“Suddenly we have two babies on the way,” Chris sighed. “Kevin, Matt, you both need to work harder.”

Just then the phone which Elias had given Rocky started vibrating. Taking it out, he gave it to Kevin. “You owe me this.”

When Kevin frowned, he instructed, “Go inside and receive it.”

Without saying anything, he took the phone and rushed inside.

….

Inside the room.

Looking at the screen, Kevin’s hand shivered. Beads of sweat covered his forehead. He could guess who it was but what if it wasn’t what he was thinking? He was scared to receive the call, he didn’t want to disappoint himself.

But what if it was her? What if it was his Silvia? There is no way he would afford to miss a chance to at least hear her voice.

The cell phone kept ringing over and over again while Kevin stood staring at the screen, not knowing what to do.

Pressing the phone on his ear, he impatiently waited for the person on the other line to say something.

“Kevin—”

Closing his eyes, he sat on the floor. Tears rolled down his eyes and his heart shrank. How could he not recognize her voice? Silvia was alive, his Silvia was alive. He always knew she was there, he could feel it but he couldn’t deny the truth that was presented in front of him.

The two of them kept sobbing for several minutes without saying anything. The pain, suffering they had been through for the last five months was finally being released.

“You are there, right? You are still with me, right?” The insecurity in his heart had tripled in the past five months. He wanted assurance, he wanted to know she was still with him and she still loved him.

“I am always with you, no matter what happens,” she assured him in between her sobs.

“Then why did you leave me alone? Do you know how scared I was? I thought I lost you forever and that freaked me out.” Wiping his tears away, he complained, “I did not eat properly, I kept drinking even on weekdays. I did not shower regularly, I did not trim. I also did not go home. I thought you would come and scold me but you never did. I was a mess, I still don’t feel good, I feel very weak.” He kept complaining and kept telling her how he was a mess without her.

“I am sorry, I am so sorry,” she sobbed. She knew he had suffered but hearing it from him was like a dagger in her heart.

Wiping his tears away, Kevin said, “Tell me where you are, I’ll come to take you.”

“Kevin—it’s not the right time.”

Closing his eyes, he took a deep breath. “How long babe? I don’t know how long I can hold onto this.”

“Just a little longer.” Closing her eyes, she muttered, “I love you.”

“I love you too and I miss you a lot.”

Wiping her tears away, Silvia said, “Kev I need to tell you something. I—”

“Silvia, we need to leave,” someone interrupted her.

“Who is it?” Kevin asked.

“Kev, I need to go now but I’ll call you again later. Take care of yourself and I promise this won’t last long,” she assured him.

“But where are you going? Why do I feel like if I hangup, you’ll disappear again?” He was scared, scared of losing her again.

“I will not go anywhere, okay? No one can take me away from you. Please honey, wait for me.”

“I always will.”

After she hung up the call, Kevin kept the phone on the table and sighed. Just then someone knocked at the door.

“Kev, Matthew is here, he wants to talk to us.” When Kevin opened the door, Matt saw his teary eyes and hugged him. “Everything will be normal very soon, just stay strong for a little longer.”

“She is okay Matt, I told you she wouldn’t leave me alone.”

Pulling away, he wiped his tears away. “Alright now stop crying like a baby, this is actually a very happy moment. You know Silvia is okay, Janet is pregnant, Rocky is going to be a father. We are supposed to be happy, not cry.”

When Kevin nodded his head, Matt added, “Come let’s talk to Matthew first and see what he wants.”

….

Living room.

“What brings you here?” Matt inquired.

Looking at Kevin and Rocky, Matthew remarked, “I heard the military is after SPIRIT too.”

Scrunching his brows, Rocky answered, “Yes they were.” Looking at Kevin, he added, “In fact, we were supposed to report them about the organization but we stopped after we learnt about Silvia and Janet’s involvement.”

“How do you know that?” Kevin asked.

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