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Third Person’s POV
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“That’s our dad’s name.”, Calvin chirped and wanted to run toward Bruce to know more about his dad, but Colton stopped him and then looked at Arya so that she could help them in this situation. Both Eden and Sophia were on work and would return by evening.
“How about we sit and talk?” Arya suggested, even though her wolf was not okay with that. Well, she was not expecting any other reaction as well. As far as she knew, Sophia’s Ex-husband was a hunter then there was a chance that this stranger could be a hunter too.
And not every hunter was like Sophia or Oliver, who wouldn’t mind hurting werewolves.
These two were expected because they were never into it.
“Sure.” Bruce walked in, but Arya blocked his way and came close to him. “What…” He opened his mouth to question her about why she was coming close to him or what she was doing, but he didn’t complete the question when Arya started his clothes from above his clothes in search of any weapon or anything.
“I don’t have anything except mobile and wallet.”, Bruce answered. “Please let me show you on my own.”, he added because he was kind of feeling weird when a girl was touching him inappropriately, even though she had a reason behind it.
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After a while, finally, Bruce sat on the sofa while both kids and Arya sat on the other sofa beside him. He was tempted to touch and pinch the cheeks of the kids, but Colton was letting his guard down and was also stopping Calvin from jumping into Bruce’s arms.
“So, how do you know Brandon?” Arya asked.
“He is my best friend. That’s how we know each other.”
“Do you have any proof of it?”, It was Colton who asked, and Bruce looked at both the kids, wondering who among them spoke, but thanks to Clavin, he silently pointed his finger toward Colton.
Now that Bruce knew the name of both the kids, he also figured out why Sophia had kept the name of her company as ‘C & C Ltd.’ Colton and Calvin.
“Yes, Colton. I have proof of each and everything which you will ask because I know I’m telling the truth.” Bruce answered his question patiently. And then he unlocked his phone and gave it to him. “Here, look at all the pictures of your mom and dad.”, he added.
Calvin quickly took Bruce’s phone, but Colton took from his hand and gave it to Arya. Calvin pouted but didn’t say anything because all that mattered was to see the pictures. All three of them started looking at the single images of Brandon, then Brandon and Sophia, Brandon with Bruce, and Brandon with his dad.
“Dad looks like us, isn’t it, Aunt Arya?” Calvin asked happily.
“No, sweetie!! He doesn’t look like you two, but you two look like him.”, Arya corrected her, pinching his cheek.
“Who is this baby wearing frock in Mom & dad’s arms?” Calvin asked, pointing toward the picture of Caroline.
Since Arya had already figured out the baby girl in their arms, she locked Bruce’s phone and gave his phone back to him.
“That … that can be someone’s daughter.”, Arya answered in such a way so that Bruce wouldn’t end up telling them about Caroline. Also, he would realize that they didn’t know a thing about Caroline. “Since you two were not born then, that’s why they are holding that baby.”
“Dad has time to play with someone else, baby but not with us?” Calvin asked Arya and then turned his head toward Bruce. “Why did dad not come with you, Uncle Bruce? Doesn’t he want to meet us?” he added another question.
Bruce had no idea what everyone had fed to both the kids until now, so he was reluctant to say that his father had no idea about their existence. Instead, he answered Calvin’s other question.
“Who said that he didn’t come with me?” he asked with a smile here.This content © Nôv/elDr(a)m/a.Org.
“He did?” Colton asked in surprise.
“Yes, he is here in the same city. It’s just that he is feeling a slight headache after a long journey, so he thought to take a rest before finally meeting you.” he lied because he didn’t have any other option to do. “And before you, both will ask why didn’t he come here to stay with you two when he is here. Well, that’s because Jake and I tagged along with him, and he didn’t want to leave us alone nor wanted to give any kind of tension to your mom because she starts crying whenever your dad gets sick.”
“Oh, okay.” Calvin quickly trusted Bruce’s words. “Can you please call him Uncle Bruce? I want to ask how is he now?”, He said in concern.
“He might be sleeping after taking the pills.”, Bruce replied to avoid any conversation between them through the call. What if Brandon got frustrated again and yelled at him, saying that he didn’t have any kids. Calvin left the sofa and came near Bruce was sitting.
“Please, Uncle,” Calvin requested, holding Bruce’s hand and trying his best to convince Bruce. All he wanted was to talk to his dad.
“Calvin, dear. Dad will call you when he will soon call you and even come here to see you.”, Arya said, trying to take Calvin away from Bruce.
“Nooo!! I want to talk to dad, NOW.”, he screamed, trying to fight with Arya to let him stay near Bruce. Colton knew after screaming and yelling, his baby brother would start crying, and tears were the last thing he wanted to see in his brother’s eyes.
He already knew the truth that his dad had no idea about him, and his brother, Eden, had told him on the day of shopping, but at the same time, he too wanted to talk with his dad. He quickly stood in support of Calvin before he started crying.
“Aunt Arya, Clavin is right. We both want to talk with dad.”, Colton said, and after hearing this, Calvin could imagine a ring on his brother’s head and two white wings behind his back. “Uncle Bruce, please call our dad.”
Bruce reluctantly dialed Brandon’s number.
“Please keep on the phone on speaker! Since we are twins, we both will talk to dad at the same time, and we will surprise him.”, Calvin suggested, on which Bruce looked at Arya and then shifted his gaze back to the kids. “Do it, Uncle.”, Calvin added.
“Hmm,” Bruce agreed and kept the phone on loudspeaker. Meanwhile, he was preparing a perfect lie in his mind, but all of a sudden, his mind was diverted to the voice of the person when he heard a familiar voice calling his name.
“Bruce”
“Sophia?”, He called her name in shock, and more than that, he was shocked by the fact that she was crying. He quickly removed the phone from the loudspeaker to normal and placed it near his ear, seeing the worried face of the kid. “Sophia, why are you crying? And how the hell Brandon’s phone is with you?”
“Brandon…”, She sobbed.
“Yes!! What, Brandon?” he waited impatiently to let her complete the sentence. The more she was taking time, the more he was getting scared. Brandon was already too weak, and he wasn’t in the right situation to travel anywhere. Heck, he couldn’t even walk without support for long.
“He’s … in hospital.”
“WHAT?” he stood on his feet, hearing this, and started leaving Sophia’s apartment to reach whatever hospital to which Brandon was admitted.
Damn it.
‘What the hell that Jake was doing? And why didn’t he inform anything about it.’ Bruce thought.
“Which hospital.”
“Manaus City hospital.”
“I will be reaching there as soon as possible.”, he said before disconnecting the call. However, he wanted to ask a lot of questions that weren’t the right time or the right way. He could get to know how they met AGAIN even after reaching the hospital.
“Uncle Bruce, wait!!”, He turned his head, and both kids ran toward him. It was hard to tell who had called him. And behind him, Arya was also taking big steps to match the speed of the kids. “We are also coming with you.”
“No!! Calvin and Colton. You both…”
“Don’t waste your time talking with them. If you don’t take us, then I will have to book a cab.”, Arya said, cutting Bruce in between.
Bruce sighed before replying, “Fine.”
He opened the back door and, one by one kept both the kids inside it and let Arya settle on her own while he ran to grab the seat beside the driver.
“Where to, Sir?”, The driver asked.
“Manaus City hospital.”, Bruce replied and opened the map on his phone to check the distance and time to reach there. While he was doing this, he couldn’t help but also hear the conversation between the kids.
“Seems like dad is really sick.”
“Yes! That’s why mom was crying like that. I have never seen her cry before.”
“Me too!”
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#TBC