One last time

" You don't have to feel sad for me. Whatever happened is all in the past and it has nothing to do with you or Jeren." Jackie said.

Wrapping her arms around Jackie's, Silvia said," I sure wherever aunt Tili is, she is very proud of you uncle Jack."

Jackie sighed and said," It's been more than twenty nine years but I still feel like Tili is alive and is waiting still waiting for me. Well, according to Herpi and Thomas I feel like this because I did not attend her funeral."

" Can I meet her?" Silvia asked.

Jackie smiled and said," I want to meet her too but I don't know where she was buried."

Silvia frowned and asked," You don't know?"

" Andrew Brown never told me where Tili's grave is till date." Jackie said.

" You did not ask him?" Silvia asked.

" I did but he never told me where it is. I always wanted to go there and talk to her but-" Jackie sighed and lowered his head.

Pausing for a while, Jackie said," Do you want to see her picture?"

Silvia smiled and nodded her head.

Taking out his wallet, Jackie took out an old photograph of a woman dressed in a long maroon gown along with a man who was dressed in a dark brown suit.

Taking the photograph in her hand, Silvia brushed her fingers against it and said," She is beautiful." 

Jackie smiled and said," Yeah and don't we look good together? I mean just look at her, I am handsome and dashing, she is beautiful and so mesmerising." 

Silvia chuckled and said," Yes, you both look perfect together."

Taking the photograph back, Jackie said," You know, she is the only woman I wanted to spend the rest of my life with. It has been so many years but she is still the only woman I want to spend the rest of my life with. It's a shame that she left me even before I would make her wife. I so badly wanted to marry her and make her mine forever but-"

Silvia sighed and said," It's fine, you are doing good and you are such a wonderful person. I am sure that aunt Tili is very proud and happy for you." 

" I hate Sabrina for whatever she did. She knew and had witnessed how important Tili was for me but she still did that. She was my own sister yet she took away something that was so important to me. Maybe I would've forgiven her if she wasn't my sister because I know that someone has to die in that competition. But she knew everything and she also tricked Tili and killed her. Not only did she break Tili's trust but she also destroyed my life." Jackie said.

Silvia sighed and lowered her head. She couldn't help but feel sad and embarrassed because no matter what and how much she denied it, it was her biological mother who did all of that. 

" But what can you expect of someone who actually abandoned her own daughter and left the country without even thinking about the miserable and heart throbbing consequences the little one would've to face after they left. If she can do that to her own flesh and blood than who is Tili? She betrayed her own daughter to get rid of the powers that she always wanted so why wouldn't she betray her best friend to gain those powers?" Jackie said.

Pausing for a while, Jackie said," Remember one thing Silvia, Sabrina is a kind of a person who doesn't actually care about anyone. If time comes, she won't flinch to sacrifice Jeren too. If you still think that she abandoned you because she wanted to save Jeren then you are wrong. She did that because she is a selfish woman who just cares about herself. If she wasn't pregnant with Jeren at that time, she would've still abandoned you and left. So don't get deceived by her 'I did not have a choice' act. The only person she genuinely cares about is George."

Silvia nodded her head and said," I know."

" And for your grandpa well, I don't know what to say about him. He is a very genuine man but he also got blinded by Sabrina's fake innocence. He is a father after all and no matter what he will protect her. Sabrina has always been his favourite daughter and he really loves her a lot." Jackie said.

Silvia sighed and said," I-"

Cutting her off, Jackie said," I am not taking sides but several years ago when Sabrina told father about her plan, he almost disowned her but later I don't know what Sabrina told him but he reluctantly agreed. I wasn't staying in the mansion at that time in fact, it had been years since I met father or mother. But a day before Sabrina and George's fake accident Dad visited me and told me that he wanted to take you somewhere far away from all the mess. He had asked me to help him make arrangements but after your parents death, Herpi Thomas and I decided to completely hide your real identity. I told dad that you were hit by a car and when you were playing in the park."

" And he believed?" Silvia asked.

" Dad never liked the Greens and he still doesn't so he never visited them or kept any kind of connection with them. He doesn't like George too but since Sabrina loves him, dad somehow manages to tolerate him. We told him that the funeral was already done and we also made a fake grave to deceive him like he made two fake graves to deceive us. He locked himself inside the room and cried all day." Jackie said.

Patting Silvia's head, Jackie said,'' I know your grandpa is not completely right and whatever he did was not right but his love and care for you is genuine. He really cares about you a lot. Remember the time when he spent almost an entire month in the hospital for nothing?" 

When Silvia nodded her head, Jackie chuckled and said," Well, he did that because he wanted to spend some time with you without raising any kind of suspicion. He faked a heart attack and forcefully got himself admitted to the hospital." 

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