"what?" She exclaimed in shock and sat upright in bed.
"Yes sister, she helped Gerard in kidnapping you. I heard the conversation that day when she called him and told him to come at night as father has already left on trip. And after father came, she told him that you ran away with Gerard, because you loved him. And after that father was so enraged but he didn't believed her. But then Gerard came one day, he showed your pics to dad in which you were smiling, and even signed a contract with father to invest more in his business. He lied to him that you don't wish to see us and are happy with him. That day father started to hate you, and believed everyone. And that hate grew with every passing day when you didn't contacted us or even come back to see us" he said honestly.
While she gaped in shock. She couldn't believe that why she did that?
While she was trying to process everything which happened to her and who did, she felt extremely nauseated. And she ran to bathroom to vomit.
Her brother got worried and fetch her a glass of water but she consoled him that it could be a minor sickness. And she will get better after she will get some sleep.
But she decided that if her father ever loved her, he would have believed his daughter and had given her a chance to explain herself. But without listening to the other part of story, he believed on culprits and what everyone told him.
She made up her mind that she will no more stay here, and will neither correct him. If he is happy with her wife, she is no one to disturb their life. What happened with her was her fate, and he already left her. There's no more reason to dig old graves.
She closed her eyes dreaming that one day she will become a great artist and will organize her own exhibitions. And people will praise her for her skills.
In morning she already packed her bags and dressed herself. She was ready to go. But maid knocked and told her to come for breakfast.
She thought that a last breakfast and chance to see her father for last time in this home, where she spent her childhood is worth. She told the maid that she is coming right away.
She placed her bags on bed and went downstairs for breakfast, her brother was already awake and went to bathroom. As he came into the room he was surprised to see the packed bags. He knew that she will leave soon but didn't expected it to be this much sooner.
He followed downstairs and had to announce his decision. He kept thinking about it but it required a lot of guts for him to tell his father. And now he put all his confidence at once to tell him and make him agree.
He sat on the chair opposite to Alaya. Her mother was having a cheerful mood like usual. And his father making a stern face since Alaya arrived.
"Father I want to tell you something"
He said without thinking one more time, trying to control his shaking voice.
"Yes say it" he replied while focusing on his food.
"I want to move in with my sister and live with her" he said while looking at him and waiting for his outburst reaction.
His words seemed to pierce through his father's ears and at once he glared up at him and shot him the most dead look.
He became scared, but didn't budge.
"Are you out of your mind?" He shouted, while Alaya and Angelina became stiff.
"Father I know you want me to look after your business after I grow up, and I'll surely do it but I want to move in with my sister because she is all alone on her own and she raised me like a mother. I promise I'll come to look after business as soon as I'll complete my degree"
He explained, ignoring the heat coming from him in form of heated glares.
"Still I don't allow you to leave this house" he tried to close the topic.
"Father Gerard leaved sister all alone, and he is never going to come back. Sister is starting her university education this month and I want to move in with her. So we can both live together and complete our education. And after all I have no one here. You are always busy with your work" he protested and still tried proved his point by using all the means including the personal talk with her sister last night, and using it convince him.
His words shocked his father as much as Angelina was shocked. They couldn't believe that Gerard left. Like where all of the sudden? They had no idea what happened or why it happened but it left them in trance.
While Alaya was enraged that her brother told everything to her parents, but was also uncontrollably happy that her brother made such a good decision to move in with her.
His father got up from the chair and left the table in middle of the conversation without declaring his final point.
Although Asad Wasim was never a burden on Angelina and she never had to look after him but still she wanted to get rid of him. It was because she wanted to start her own family with Wasim, so all the property will be indirectly inherited to her or her children after Wasim's death.
She stood up and left with Wasim to convince him and let his children go.
"What are you talking about? I already lost her and now you want me to lose my son too?" He shouted as she tried to convince him.
"Look Wasim you should let him live with her, if he wants. Or you'll lose him in future if you tried to impose your decisions on him. He will oppose you when he'll grow, if you didn't let him do what he wants. If he wants then let him go, and after he will come back to you as per his promise. You can never force your children, or you will lose them. And in end he will only listen to himself." She convinced him with her fake tone, manipulating techniques, and emotional blackmail.
After a emotional and breaking session, he agreed.
Although it was equally surprising for Alaya but she was really glad at the decision. She looked at her father for last time, tears in her eyes. How much she wanted to hug him and tell him all the cruelties which happened to her but it had to be this way.
And she and Asad left, bid their farewells.....