That’s great! Really! When? Emily, out of excitement was not able to ensure which question to ask first when she got a call from James. He was coming back after becoming a successful entrepreneur from U.S.A.
Alisha joined the family after one week knowing that her brother would be coming soon. Edrick got delighted to hear about the arrival of James and started counting the days.
Finally, it was the day when Edrick along with Alisha left for airport to pick up James. Emily stayed back at home as she wanted to prepare a variety of dishes that his son used to love. Few hours passed and Emily’s excitement turned into concern and she rushed to call them. Meanwhile, the doorbell rang and her joy knew no bounds when she saw James. Her little boy turned into a tall and well-groomed gentleman. Alisha and Edrick made their way towards home and James followed them.
Emily sensed the atmosphere which was not normal and excited when they left. She tried to find out the reason of silence and got to know soon.
“James wanted to marry Angela!” Heaving a long sigh, Edrick said. “What?” “How?” and “when did it happen?” Emily could not help asking a series of questions.
After some time, she got a clear picture. Angela was a fellow student in the business school, U.S.A where James studied. By the end of their studies, the feeling developed and they decided to get married.
Conflicts replaced silence which turned into differences of opinion. After 1 month of the emotional outbursts, Emily and Edrick gave their consent to the marriage.
They visited Angela’s home and got to know that her mother died years ago. “Mom, Please ignore if you don’t like something, Angela is my life, I cannot afford to lose her’ James made his best efforts to plead his parents last time.
Angela opened the door; exchanged greetings and pointed them to sit on the sofas lying in the corner of a big hall. Alisha sat beside James and Edrick sat with Emily. After waiting for few minutes, Angela’s father came out. A tall gentleman with curly hair appeared, adjusting his big spectacles on the nose. Emily got shocked to see him. It was Avi whom she wanted to marry once. Avi, who turned out her proposal years ago. That’s Avi whom she could not forget for a long time.
She sat again on the sofa and tried to behave normally. Avi, too pretended as they were meeting for the first time. After a formal conversation, they left and asked Angela to wait for their decision. Though Edrick was ready to say ‘Yes’ to their relationship but Emily requested Edrick not to utter a single word then.
They came back. Emily got into flashback and recalled everything. She did not want to see Avi anymore. But what’s the fault of James who has fallen in love with a girl, who is Avi’s daughter.
No, “I won’t let it happen again.” Avi, “I can’t be like you”! Having decided this, Emily went to James’ room and kissed his son on forehead. She came out of the room and wiped her tears.
Next morning, she said Edrick to call Avi to fix the wedding date! Emily was contended to see James smiling, an expression of his gratitude!
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