I left kaida alone in the living room and went to meet dad. I had got him a phone and he watches the internet and movies to entertain himself, I knocked the door and dad looked at me with a smile, I bet he saw the news.
" Come in sweetheart come in, and close the door behind you" he said. I closed the door and walked towards him and he patted next to him, I went and seat down and dad patted my head proudly. " Am very proud of you my love, finally, finally you have started avenging our family, stop at nothing to destroy those three monsters" he said with eyes full of determination and assurance.
" Dad don't you worry, your daughter is alive and well, if I don't avenge us, trust me my name would no longer be Aria Thayer, my only motivation in this world is to seek justice for us, the law can't, but I can, I promise you dad" I said with a smile.
" That's like my daughter, I know you can and you would do it" he said patting my head. An incoming call disturbed us, but I saw dad's wide smile after looking at the screen. Interesting, who exactly would be calling dad, only myself, Kendall, Joseph, Steven and Selena have his number, was he reconnecting with old friends.
" Hello my cute muffin" dad said. Uhh, that means Selena. " Hey my super granddad" I heard my angels voice say. " How are you sweetie" dad asked. " I am ok physically, but I want to cry granddad". She said and I can guess she is pouting.
" Why, what happened to you, did someone bully you" dad asked concerned.
" Hihihi, granddad you are so cute, who can dare to bully Selena Thayer, am super strong. The only thing that can disturb a cutie like me is maths" she said in her babyish voice and I can't help but burst laughing.
She heard my voice over the phone and started complaining, " mommah why are you laughing at me, you know I hate maths, it's the most boring subject ever, and I can't wrap my head around it".
" Okay sweetie, mommah is sorry, I won't laugh at you okay, but maths is so simple, just give it a shot, and you will see, I know my daughter is very smart" I said with a laugh.
" Yenyenyen, when you were little you also used to struggle with maths didn't you, sometimes you would hide under the bed crying saying you won't go to school because you can't do your maths assignment" dad teased me.
" Come on dad, why are telling all this to Selena now. Plz stop it, it's embarrassing". I said as I felt my face heat up in embarrassment.
" It's the truth my dear, if you keep scolding my darling sweet granddaughter like this then I would keep telling her your embarrassing stories". Dad warned me.
" That's not fair dad" I complained. " Fine, talk to your granddaughter, I will go and do what needs to be done, seems like everyone is sidelining me for my daughter" I grumpled and walked out.
In Kendall's house.
" Joseph, plz let's try surrogacy" Kendall begged. " My dear, it's not like am against it, but surrogacy is not something I would want us to go for now. Having a child or not isn't in our hands, we have been doing our best, but you know the problem, your uterus is fragile and it's hard to keep a baby, even if we managed to get you pregnant, you would face complications in childbirth" Joseph explained.
" That's why I want you to agree to surrogacy. Am 37 Joseph, and the longer it takes, the hadder it would be for me to become a mother, and I want to see my child as well, I want a baby as cute as Selena. I want to have my very own child Joseph, why aren't you understanding" Kendall cried.
" We can adopt a baby if you want, but not surrogacy, what if the surrogate mother decide to breech the agreement and wants a right on the baby. After all she would be the one to carry the bay in her womb for 9 months and birth it, she would go through all the pains of pregnancy and what if she realizes she wants her baby more than the money, no please not surrogacy" Joseph begged.
" But an adopted child doesn't have our blood or any of our genes or character, atleast with surrogacy the baby can have our genes" Kendall argued.
" Look baby, I really understand your concern, I do. But try to understand me as well, I don't want surrogacy, you should decide if we should adopt a baby or we can stay without a child, it doesn't matter to me really, the choice is all yours" Joseph said and walked out.
Kendall slumped to the floor crying, she wants a child, she really wants her own baby, it's not like she has any squabble about adopted kids, they are all kids, but she just wants her own blood, is that so wrong. She understands Joseph's concern, but she also wants him to have his own blood, his very own, flesh and blood.
She wants to be a mother, no doubt, but she is concerned about Joseph's blood line, because of his love for her she can't watch him stay childless and have no blood lineage of his own, it's not fair. Why God why, you give others the opportunitys to be parents when they don't want it, some embrace it some abandon it, and that's why we have so many kids in the orphanage right now, if you could just give kids to those of us who yearn for it instead of those who would abadndon it, then many kids would have safer life and childhood and the whole world would be a better place.
God please smile upon us and bless us with a baby Kendall begged in her heart.