Everything was smoothly going on with Emerson's and Kiara. Spending every day happily without any interruption was like a true bliss to them.
Kiara spent her days happily with everyone around. She had her own company to look after. Life was very calm. It was too unusually calm....
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However it was not the same case with Kilgore Family. Even after searching and waiting for three years, they didn't back out from searching Kiara. But not everyone in Kilgore Family was eager to find Kiara for good...
Some wanted her back for love while some only wanted revenge.
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Finally, after waiting for about three years, North Kilgore and Edward Mount were finally getting married. There was just two months away from their wedding date. By now, everyone had completely forgotten about the scandal which happened three years ago involving Kiara Kilgore, North Kilgore and Edward Mount. One was the step sister and other was the fiance in a way both related to Kiara. However people never thought about North and Edward being wrong, all people thought was that, Kiara cheated. Even North and Edward were unaffected by previous scandal right now. They both pretended as if they never knew Kiara. All they cared about was their social status. Although their initial love and attraction had long faded, they enjoyed the high status, respect they were given in the society.
Though there was a wedding taking place in the family, truly no one cared from the Kilgore Family. No one was interested in the wedding nor they cared about paying attention to it.
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In front of a large glass window the sky was shining brightly, but Justin Kilgore was seen sitting in the middle of the couch silently closing his eyes. His deep train of thoughts were interrupted by a long sigh of someone, a man who was in his forties. The man just sat beside Justin on the couch looking at the sky.
Justin was the first to break the silence between them. " What are you thinking, Dad? " Justin's father, Henry Kilgore just looked at him with a eyes full of unexplainable void. Justin after seeing his father's gaze kept quiet the entire time until Henry Kilgore broke the ice between them.
He knew that his father was deeply affected after knowing the truth of what happened to Kiara on that night and was feeling guilty of not being able to fulfill his promise to his sister.
" I have always considered Emily as my sister, despite every odds I wanted to protect her as her brother in every difficult situation.... but I failed. " He choked and continued " After her death, I thought that I couldn't even become a big brother who protected her. This regret of not protecting her will always remain in my heart. Andrew knew that something like this is going to happen after Emily is married to our family, that is why despite everyone agreeing he opposed the idea. He had known that Monaro was not a reliable man for Emily, in fact he never was. I just regret supporting Emily in getting married." He took a deep breath and continued. " After being married, not one day was she happy but despite that she continued to stay in that marriage. After Kiara was born, she started pondering upon her own decisions of getting married to a man like Monaro Kilgore. "
" Monaro never once behaved like the father of that innocent child. He always accused Emily for infidelity. He never deserved to be Kiara's father. " Tears started rolling down on his cheeks. " Until her death, she stayed loyal to him. Never once she accused him nor complained about him. What wrong did she do... to deserve such a punishment?, I couldn't even protect her daughter?, I wasn't there when she needed me the most? " saying this a lump formed in his throat. No other words escaped his mouth but tears were uncontrollably rolling down.
Justin who never saw his dad in such vulnerable condition was shocked for a minute but just gave him a hug and comforted him silently. Sensing that it was a sensitive topic he didn't say anything rather just sat silently. After some couple of seconds of comforting, both of them did not talk for minutes until Justin was the one to break the silence " Don't worry dad. Kiara is in safe hands, Stanley will protect her even if it involves his own life. Emerson Family values her more than us. " He quietly assured his dad. Completely recovering from his earlier shock Henry alerted Justin in a domineering tone...
" Hmm. Enough of the past, I don't want to repeat the same mistake all over again. Make sure to keep Kiara safe at all costs. Alert Stanley about Kiara's searching, your Grandpa won't back down easily. Try to make her stay in the house as much as possible. We can't risk her safety now after keeping her secret for almost three years. " said Henry.
" Don't worry dad. Stanley loves her. As long as she has his protection no one would dare to look at her. Kilgore Family can't even touch him more or less to find anything about Kiara. He will make sure to keep her away from all of this. " Justin reassured Henry.
" Hmm. It better be like that. Ask Andrew to increase protection about Kiara. Dad will use his way, we can't estimate his strong influence. Meanwhile, don't get caught, every possible eye is on us. Be careful. " Henry said while deeply gazing his son and left quietly.
Justin just stared at the retreating figure of his father. ' No matter what happens dad, I won't repeat the same mistake as you. I will protect my sister at any cost. It's my promise to you dad. ' He turned and looked up at the sky ' I won't disappoint you, Aunt Emily. '
Just then a text came to his phone, it was the usual chat group of his friends including Stanley < Come to Imperial pub at 10:00 PM everyone. Bring Kiara with you Stanley >
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Unknown to them, someone was planning to take down the Kilgore Family.