[ Past story of Mia ].
Mia got the signal that Michael does not want to talk about business in front of kids so she just nodded. Mia and Michael were very talented and top students during their university time just the difference was that Michael was her senior. He was her best friend, guardian and only family after her parents death.
She took over the company after her father died and Crystal was already 4 yr old, at that time she was 24 and just finished her studies because when she was in her last year of college she got pregnant and was not able to complete her last year so she resumed her studies when Crystal was 3 and completed her last year but unfortunately her father died and mother went in coma so all the responsibility was on her at that time Michael helped her with maintaining the company problems , Michael become the partner and board of director and from then on they were working together.
( Mia gave birth when she was 20. She also experienced a bad past , you will also get to know about her life in future chapters.😜)
[ Back to reality ]
Mia saw Aana was hiding from her because this time Aana didn't great and hug her as she usually does so she thought what had happened and why was Aana behaving like this. Then suddenly she remembered Crystal's 2 days leave from practice and Aana also didn't inform her about this , then she realized why Aana was hiding from her. She thought of asking about that and so she did.
Mia said in a serious tone," Aana, come here I want to ask you something,".
Crystal looked towards Aana and then at Mia. She suddenly understood why her mother was so serious. She also got nervous and looked at Michael because she did not want to get scolded by him.
Aana cursed Crystal in her mind and glared at her as if saying, ' Go to hell ' and Crystal also looked at her with a guilty expression and if wanted to say ' Sorry '.
Michael also understood why Mia was so serious because he was also aware of Crystal Negligence towards Martial arts and he was also a bit angry at her.
When Aana came forward she hurriedly said," I'm really Sorry , aunt , It was her mistake I told her not to miss her practice ,".
Mia looked at Aana and all her anger faded because Aana was not really at fault but still she was apologising to her.
So she just said, " I know you would have told her but Aana if she was neglecting her practices then you should have told me so that I can teach her a lesson , but no what you did was to help her, seriously? , I'm saying this for the last time that she is not allowed to skip her practices for unnecessary reasons and you will keep an eye on her, ".
When Crystal saw how Aana was getting scolded from her mother just because of her own mistake she try to defend her, she said ,
" Mom, it's not her fault, I was the one who missed my practice and I was the one who requested her not to tell you,".
Michael said in a serious tone, " And why did you miss your practice ?, and Aana why did you listen to her?, ".
Aana knew that if their parents came to know about why Crystal missed her practice then Crystal would be in great trouble so she just changed the topic and started defending her.
She said, " No dad , she didn't take leave by herself. I was the one who told her not to come because I wanted to practice alone and lied earlier sorry ,".
Crystal looked at Aana with wide open eyes because Aana was again lying just to defend her. She was the one who watched the webseries 2 whole nights and then slept in the morning, but Aana was taking blame for her.
Now she tried to help her," No, why are you lying Aana, I was the one who.., ".
Because she could finish, Aana said, " Don't defend me Cris ,".
Michael and Mia looked at each other helplessly because they knew both were at fault but still they both were defending each other , they both were just like this from childhood , sometimes when they both didn't know what to do then they both just put all the blame on Jack and then ran away like cheetah and poor Jack would just take their blames.
They both shook their heads and said in unison," Enough,".
Aana and Crystal stopped and looked at Mia and Michael with guilty faces.
Michael said, " Fine, but from next time if any one of you miss practice without any proper reason then both will get punished and would only get plain food for 1 month,".
When Aana and Crystal heard this their eyes widened in shock because they didn't expect this from Michael.
Their faces went white because food was their life they both said in unison ,`` No''.
Crystal said with puppy eyes," please handsome ,".
Aana also tried to act cute," Please dad, ".
Mia was not able to control her laughter because she never saw this side of Aana , she was looking so funny while trying to act cute just for food.
Even Michael who was standing there with a serious face tried hard not to laugh because his daughter was trying hard to act cute but rather looking funny.
Crystal looked at Aana and suddenly laughed and said," Don't try Aana , you are looking funny, ".
Now Michael also laughed after controlling himself for this long then all three laughed while Aana stood there with an irritated face.
Michael stopped laughing and looked at the watch and was shocked to see the time because they were 15 min late because it was already 4 : 45.
He said in a serious tone," Girls back to work , last warning and now we are late so just stop chatting,".
Aana and Crystal stood straight and said," Yes sir ,".
Michael said," Let's go to the park,".
Aana and Crystal nodded and walked towards the park plus an open gym which Michael had open for them and others.
Mia and Michael also walked behind them while talking.
Inside the park.
( Time : 4:45 )
Kian and Jack came to the park 15 min ago when Jack insisted and said that this was a park made by Aana's father for them and that this also has an open gym.
Kian knew who Michael was because he was a famous personality in the U.S. and a friend of his own father. He had seen him before with his father. But he never talked to him personally.
When he saw the park he was quite impressed by the idea of an open gym and the park was also big and clean. Jack also told him that they don't take any money from others for using these equipment. Now he knew why Aana helped Sam the other day , she was just raised like that by her parents. He also knew that Michael and Daina helped poor children with their studies. He knew this because his and Jack's parents were also partners in this and they all do this charity work together secretly because their family didn't want the media to know about this.
First they both started jogging inside the park at 4: 35 and only 10 min had passed when they both saw Aana and Crystal coming inside the park in their sports outfit and headphones on their necks.
Suddenly they both stopped and looked towards the gate , Kian said," What are they doing here this early ?,".
Jack was not surprised when he saw Aana and Crystal because he was aware of their morning practices so he said," They are here for the same reason we are here,".
Kian looked at him and said," They are here for exercise? Do they even know how to do push ups ? Just look at their bodies?".
Jack smiled and said," I think you forget that Aana jumped the wall like a pro and don't even underestimate them because they just look sweet but you don't know them properly,".
Kian said ," Fina , but that was just a wall Jack,".
Jack said, " Ok , look we are here for our martial arts practice and exercise so just focus on that and you can also see which type of exercise they do,".
Kian nodded and was about to put his headphones back when he saw Michael and Mia entering the park behind Aana and Crystal in their sports outfit.
Jack also saw Michael and Mia and was surprised to see Michael back so he said,
" Oh uncle is back , Kian lets go and wishes them,".
Kian hesitated for a while but still walked towards them with Jack.
At the Park gate,
Aana , Crystal entered the park and behind them Mia and Michael also walked inside.
As they walked forward they saw Jack and Kian walking towards them.
Aana was shocked to see Kian here this early because yesterday she decided that she will maintain distance with him but now he was here early in the morning.
Michael and Mia also saw both of them and smiled towards them then Michael and Jack hugged each other.
Jack said," Good morning uncle, finally you are back,".
Michael said in a teasing tone," Good morning Jack, how did you wake up this early,".
Crystal also said," You are right uncle, even I want to ask how did this idiot wake up this early,".
Mia said," Stop it guys don't bully Jack, and Crystal did you forget that I was the one who woke you up today,".
Jack laughed and hugged Mia from the side and said, " Look at yourself first then say anything to me and by the way Kian woke me up,".
Only then did Michael and Mia see Kian properly and smile towards him. Kian said ," Good morning Mr. D'souza , good morning aunt,".
Michael said, " Good morning Kian , you can call me uncle because Chester is my friend, and by the way I never saw you here. I thought you always do practice in Martin manor,".
Kian said,'' Sure uncle , and yes I do my practice there but I'm staying at the villa for some days so I thought to practice here and I really liked your idea of open gym,".
Michael said," Thank you , but it was not my idea , my daughter Aana wanted this so I just obeyed her instructions,".
Aana looked at father but didn't say anything. Then she saw Kian was looking at her but she just ignored him. She was still stuck on yesterday's incident.
Michael saw Aana's behaviour but didn't say anything because he knew Aana was just like that for a long time. No one would believe that yesterday the girl who was laughing and enjoying freely would be this aloof and introvert in front of others.
But today he sensed something was wrong with the way Aana and Kian were staring at each other and how Aana was ignoring Kian, he also noticed that Crystal and Jack were signaling each other something , so he thought of asking them later in private.
He looked at his watch and saw it was already 4:55 so he said," Guys stop talking and listen to me we are half an hour late today so hurry up and start with your running,".
Then Michael looked towards Jack and Kian and said," You both can also join us for practice because it's almost the same,".
Kian was confused because how come their practice could be the same as Aana and Crystal but he didn't say anything and just agreed with Michael , because he also wanted to see which type of exercise Aana does.
Mia said," You all can start, I'm also going to jog for sometime,".
Michael nodded and then Mia left them and started jogging on the other side of the park.
After Mia was gone Michael told everyone to follow him and then they all walked towards the large ground.
Michael looked at Aana and said," Aana you did your practice everyday and that's nice so go and run for half an hour and you have covered 50 rounds you can stop in between for 30 seconds,".
Aana said," Yes sir,".