Do You Remember?(#Wattys2017)

Present Time

Why do people use quote darkness as negativity in our life? There is so much light now, that my eyes are hurting, trust me. When I become the President, I will make darkness as the new brightness.

Slowly I opened my eyes. Am I heaven? Unlikely. I belong to hell because Mae and Kate have literally built their home there.

The more I opened my eyes, the more I want to go back to sleep. The betrayal of Drew, lies of Mitch and Mae, hatred of Melissa didn't help either.

I blinked my eyes a few times to see Drew sleeping beside me, and he held my hands. The Brutus giving me comfort. 

Hehahahaha...

Wow, this is new. I took my hands from his. I looked at the other side to see Maera sleeping as well. 

Meeting of all the frauds is being conducted in my room? That is, the hospital room I am staying in.

I got up from the bed. I didn't want to see those cute little eyes of Mae and Drew, it would be better if I get out of here.

The hospital seemed to be made for rich, then why didn't any nurse stop me from stepping out in sun? Who cares.

I bumped into Mitch.

"Hey, Moon. What are you doing outside, you need rest, little one", he said when his eyes landed on mine.

To be subtle and tell that I am not little or just accuse him of hiding truth from me?

I took a deep breath, let's be mature about this. I am better than the person who would shout at the person standing in front of me without listening to his explanation.

"You betrayed me!! You are a terrible person, I hate you! I hate the whole world!", I said dramatically while pointing my index finger at my father.

Well, I now can say my brain didn't like the decision I took two paragraphs back. It is boss of it's own. Some days I think, my brain might come out of my head and rule the world.

"Woah, wait", he said putting his hands in front of him saving himself as if he expects me to hit him.

Pffft, I won't do physical damage to my father. Probably.

When I continued to give him my special devil eye, he asked,"Let's go there in the garden, let's just sit and talk. Sounds okay to you?"

He is so nice, talking about my comfortability. 

Don't fall his charms.

 I nodded my head and we together walked to the garden in front of the hospital. I sat down after which he settled beside me.

I have been staring at the moving cars and bikes since fifteen minutes. Do I initiate the conversation? 

Naah, I will end up telling him about aliens or poop.

"Your mother was very beautiful, inside and out."

Well of course, if I ended up looking like you, I would have to shave my beard daily.

Again, am I normal? 

"I was already engaged to Melissa's mother when I met your mom, Hazel."

My mom, he is talking about my mom. Even her name is beautiful.

"I was a...what you youngsters nowadays say..ah yes, a Casanova, what I had with Abby, Melissa's mother, was a business arrangement between two rich families. I didn't care who I was going to marry. I didn't love anyone, and I didn't plan to either."

I saw a drop of NaCl liquid leaking from his eye.

What do I do? Fuck, I am not good with this.

He laughed a little wiping off his face with his palms.

 I wasn't kidding, why is he laughing? I was actually planning to give him glass of water. His loss.

"You are just like her. I met your mother at a party, no no....she wasn't some rich girl with no career goals", he said hurriedly, seeing my deadpanned look.

"She was waitress, most stubborn waitress I have ever seen. You know what she did when we first met? She spilled whole glass of red wine on me and then slapped me", he laughed lost in some memory.

 "I left the house one month after I got engaged to  Abby, I had some fight with my father. I being a careless man stayed with my other friends. That's when I met your mother, in the restaurant she worked in", he smiled.

"You know, she made me work for it, from spilling wine on me to giving me you, I never realized when I fell in love with her. When we realized we were going to have you, I decided to head back home to tell my dad about both of you. When I went back, things at my home were almost horrific. Abby was four months pregnant, both Abby and dad knew about Hazel and you", he said his smile slowly disappeared.

"I wanted to refuse Moon, I really wanted to. But growing up rich meant I didn't know anything. I always was dependent on my father. I couldn't earn and my father offered me a choice which I couldn't refuse. He told me he would give all the financial facility to Hazel and you. I found it logical, you guys without me but with money was definitely better than with me and no money. I married Abby."

"Worst decision of my life. I was married to Abby but I loved Hazel and I still do. I used to see her from distance, I watched you growing in her tummy, little one. Abby came to know about it and on the day of your birth, she hired a man to kill both of you. I came to know about it a little late, the man killed your mother, but he didn't have heart to kill you. He informed me about it and I had to save you from the world where people like Abby and my father lived in. I took you to the orphanage and Abby is in jail. The only thing I didn't care of is the lack of restriction I had on Melissa. Abby might have told Melissa about you in  jail, and to track you down was easy, she just had to look up the documents where I invested the money on, the orphanage."

My whole world crashed down, my mom is not alive. I thought..I thought my parents abandoned me. I was having all mixed up feelings.

I just hate NaCl water.

I heard someone calling my name, without looking I know it is Drew. Along with Drew, Maera was there too.

Is it Brustus day today? All frauds walking together? 

"Moon wait, please listen", he shouted and I turned back to give him an earful I saw another figure walking towards me with backpack slung on his shoulder.

Nathan.

My smile broadened as Drew's anger grew.