Chapter 264 FAIRY TALE DO EXIST
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"Do you have any idea how important things I had on my mobile?" Jethro keeps fuming in front of me not even regarding the painful situation I am in.
I thought I would be dead after the explosion, but somehow Jethro came over like an angel. Yes, when I mentioned him as an angel he really did appear like an angel.
He was tied to a helicopter when he pulled me out before I would get squeezed by the heavy blocks, but still, I got multiple cuts and bruises as things happened in a blink and just in a few seconds I was hurt brutally.
I got multiple cuts on my body and so on my face, it hurts as hell and frustrates me badly when Jethro literally eats up my brain while crying for his phone.
"Shut up…" I groan unhappily and finally, he quiets down.
"Seriously, you both husband and wife are ungrateful." He blurts out with a sharp glare at me.
I roll my eyes and then ask in a low voice, "How's she?"
"She broke my phone which means she is absolutely fine and…" He begins to say something else but then stops abruptly, "Your kids, when am I supposed to bring them here? Also, your wife doesn't know yet about your survival so… Should I go and tell her or you'll show up on your own?"
He asks and I think for a while before replying to his questions, "It's not good for both kids to see us like this. You tell them we are safe and will meet them soon. And for Tessy…" I pause, feeling distressed, "I don't want her to see me like this."
I take a deep sigh which presses my heart further down.
I haven't seen the scar on my face yet but I know it's terrible, and I am afraid of how Tessy would react to it. Would she still love me the same? Would she still think of me as a good person after knowing that I had killed my own sister?
I start to get tense and my mood sulks instantly.
"But she is desperate to see you." Jethro interrupts my trail of thoughts.
"I know." I lean back, closing my eyes, depressed.
****
"Andrew… Where is he?" I hear noises that disturb my sleep and soon there is a THUD
I open my eyes and before I am able to sit properly, something warm covers my upper body, "Why… Why did you hide, why?"
Tessa sobs in my arms, and I flinch from pain but my heart feels calm from her warmth on me, I start to rub her back slowly to console her.
"You're pressing on his wounds." A sharp voice interrupts her sobs and with a surprising look she gets up and then looks down at me. I press the button and the bed starts to move to make me able to sit properly, and then with a thumping heart, I switch on the lights.
BLINK
Tessa intends to approach me again but pauses when she looks at my scarred face, my heart clenches in pain, I knew she would act like that, any person would act the same way so then why I am feeling disappointed in her?
"Leave us alone." I hear Tessa's voice which brings me out of a daze.
I look at Jethro, he gives me a displeasing look, and finally, he walks away. I know he was trying to stop her but somehow she manages to find me but now she would definitely regret it after seeing me like this.
"If you want…" I begin nervously, she must be asking for the divorce now, who would want to live with a murderer who looks so ugly with scars but she raises her hand, her face dark, emotionless.
"Stop."
The time stops between us as we stare into each other's eyes, each moment my heart beats more loudly than before, nervousness envelopes my heart, and sweat beads start to form on my body.
She didn't move nor avert her eyes away from mine, is she inspecting how bad I look now?
The atmosphere starts to get tense making it unbearable for me to breathe when she moves and then crawls into my bed making me stunned.
I stay silent as though I am a statue watching her with stunned eyes, she wraps her arms around my waist and then nuzzles in my chest as I watch her dumbfounded, she keeps crying silently and I am at a loss for words on how to begin to console her grieving heart.
Because of my actions in the past and my appearance now, I have completely lost confidence in myself. I don't know where to begin and how to explain my deeds.
She sleeps in my arms while I stay awake and keep watching her. Finally, getting some courage, I raise my hand and start to caress her hair. She moves in her sleep and I stop, frightened.
Am I disturbing her?
"I am sorry," I mumble an apology in a low voice.
"One isn't enough, there is a long list of apologies." Suddenly Tessa looks up, giving me a minor heart attack.
"I am sorry for everything." finding my voice, I apologize again sincerely.
"No, not an apology, I need a promise." She demands.
"What promise?" I ask, reading her facial expressions apprehensively.
"From this very moment, you have to promise, you won't leave me. No matter what."
"Are you sure?" I raise my brow in doubt, "I have many scars on my body and they won't even go." I tell her cautiously, scrutinizing her expressions closely.
"Would you do the same If I'd be the one with scars?" She prompts and I gulp in guilt.
"I want you to know, I am not the same as before." I breathe heavily.
She sits up, facing me, and then slowly she leans kissing softly at the scar below my eye, slowly trailing the kisses down without showing any hesitation nor a single pause in her movement as she reaches to my lips.
"Promise me, you'll love me all your life and stay with me forever, no matter what." Her breath lingers on my face and I couldn't explain the happiness and relief I got from her words.
"Till death do us apart?" I smirk and she nods.
"I promise."
We kiss as I made a promise, the promise of cherishing each moment of my life with her when our love moment gets interrupted by a sharp voice.
"Kids are here." It's a warning from Jethro and we both immediately sober up exchanging apologetic glances at each other.
"Mommy … Daddy…" The kids come up to us, Tessa stands and crouches down to love them both and then brings them both to me.
"Does this hurt Daddy?" Aaron touches my scar, his face shows worry and I lie flawlessly, "No, it doesn't."
"Can I touch it?" Cyrus asks, looking curiously at me.
"No." I refuse bluntly.
"Those bad people hurt you, Daddy?" Cyrus looks at me terror visible on his face again, "No, I slip from the stairs," I pull them closer to me, "No one will hurt you now. No one." I say in a firm promise while embracing my family in my arms knowing that they are safe now.
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"I still think you should be the one taking this position." I look at Tessa from the mirror, she is sitting on the bed eating her yogurt, she needs a bowl of fruit yogurt before she heads for breakfast.
I have sold the mansion because it had many bitter memories more than good ones. I don't want my past to haunt me or my kids anymore.
"I don't want to puke on people, hubby." She says honestly, and that's a true fact, Tessa had been throwing up continuously these days, she has just got into her 8th week of pregnancy and still keeps throwing up anytime anywhere.
"Uhm. What if I fail, Tessy, I am a little scared." I turn to her telling her my worries.
"If you don't try, how would you know that you failed?" She puts up a fair argument and I sigh helplessly.
I don't want to take over the business, to take over Ann's position, thinking about her always makes my heart painful. She had the chance to come out from the darkness but she chose to remain in the dark world of hers.
Love brings brightness to your life, not enlarging the darkness in your life.
"Go, I know you can handle this, and I am always here to help, don't worry." She pats my arm giving me the courage and I let out a deep breath. I can do this.
****
"Lillian, go and check on her." I urge Lillian to check on Tessa, I am so terrified at the moment that I couldn't even get near the OT.
"She must be fine, she is a brave woman," Lillian says casually and I glare at her unhappily as I open my mouth to scold her, I hear heavy footsteps and see her parents approaching, they both have shifted here two months ago from San Diego to Denver.
Cyril's health had been well during these past few months and we hope for a better future for him.
Tessa had gradually made up with her father but he is still guilty of his actions as he still keeps refusing in staying with us.
Sigh
I rush to her mother, as though I get the savior of my worries, "They have taken her inside, I don't know what happened, since last night she was complaining about some pain and then in the morning her water broke. I don't know what's going on, it didn't happen before." I keep blurting nervously and patting my hand as she tries to comfort me.
"Let me go and check on her."
I wait, anxiously pacing back and forth, thankfully kids have gone to school otherwise it would be difficult for me to handle them on my own when I am dying from anxiety.
"Andrew, dear, go, Tessa is calling for you." Tessa's mother steps out of the OT and I shake my head instantly, those dark memories still haunt me when she first gave birth to twins.
"It's okay, she has given birth, she just wanted you to see the kids first." Her mother explains and I ask, anxiously, "Is she okay?"
"Yes, everything is normal, she is completely fine."
I let out a breath of relief and then with a thumping heart walked into the OT.
"Here, Mr. Andrew," The nurse hands me a gown, a mask, and gloves. I wear them as I approach Tessa, she is lying on the patient bed, fully covered, there is no blood on her this time which makes me frown a little.
"Are you ok?" I ask her as I touch her forehead, she gives me a warm smile in return, "I am fine."
The doctor brings our twins, we have another pair of twins, I couldn't explain the joy when Tessa informed me about the other pair of twins she was carrying. God has been so kind to me.
"Girl, and a boy." The doctors hand the infants to Tessa and Tessa beams with joy, and so do I.
"Name?" She looks up at me expectantly, I touch the baby girl's head, she has more hair than the boy and honestly, I am more excited for the girl rather than the boy.
She moves, making a crying gesture, and slowly opens her eyes. I feel stunned when I notice her colored eyes and suddenly her eyes bring me memories of Ann and my body tenses, my happiness starts to resolve into guilt slowly.
"Should we name her An…" Tessa begins reading my thoughts and I interrupt her immediately, "Angel, her name would be Angel."
Her smile broadens, "Angel, then." I lean to kiss Tessa's forehead, "Thank You for giving me so many blessings." She smiles warmly in return, and then looks at our son, "His name." I begin to think when Tessa stops me abruptly.
"No, Cyril will choose the name."
And I couldn't help but chuckle from happiness.
After some time, Tessa gets shifts to the ward where everyone starts to pay her visit and meet the new additions to our family. Kids too come over to see their new siblings.
Leaning at the wall, I watch them all calmly, the room is crowded, filled with warmth and joy. I had never believed in Fairy Tale but Tessa's appearance in my life makes me believe that Fairy Tales do exist.
"LIFE IS INDEED A FAIRYTALE AND TO SEE IT YOU MUST OPEN YOUR EYES"
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