One last time

It had been so many years since she had last hugged her daughter. Though the situation wasn't very favorable, she didn't want to miss the chance. 

"This reunion must be very overwhelming," Andrew remarked. It had been a couple of weeks since he found out that Aurora had been pretending to be crazy. He felt very furious and wanted to kill her straight away but Sabrina told me not to do so. She suggested that he should act wisely and use the situation in their favor. This is when Andrew decided to use Aurora against Janet. He had been in constant touch with Janet ever since and was using Aurora to get things done. 

Glaring at her father, Janet fumed, "Why are you doing this? Can't you let us live in peace?" 

Ignoring her words, he gestured the guards to drag Aurora away from Janet. 

When Aurora saw the guards coming, she tightened her grip around Janet and whispered, "Agree and leave. Contact your brother." 

Before Janet could react, the guards dragged her away. 

"You have two days Janet. Either you bring Silvia Green there and win the competition or attend your mothers funeral," Andrew declared. 

…..

SPIRIT BASE

Tapping his fingers on the desk, Gorus was in a daze. 

"What are you thinking dad? Or should I rather ask what are you worried about?" Johnathan inquired. 

"Don't you know what I am worried about? The competition is just a week away and we don't have any plan." When Johnathan did not say anything, Gorus frowned, "Of course you won't have anything to say, I have to come out with a solution." 

"You know I don't care about all this and I would suggest you not to care about it either. Just take an early retirement and go for a vacation," he suggested. 

Slamming his hand on the desk, Gorus fumed, "How can you say that so casually? I have devoted my entire life to his organization and now you expect me to leave everything?" 

"So what are you gonna do? I think you are forgetting something dad, you are leading this organization only because Sabrina Jones left it without a proper heir but now since the competition is happening again, someone will be selected and you will have to step down again," Johnathan stated. 

Clenching his teeth, he got up and barged out of the room. Whatever Johnathan had told him was true and Gorus knew that but he was very reluctant to admit it. Giving up his position wasn't something he was willing to do but he also had no other choice. 

With the competition right around the corner, not only Kevin, Silvia, Janet, Rocky and the people around but others were worried too. Some were worried about their close ones getting hurt while others were worried about the power and position they would lose or gain. 

...

Six days before the competition. 

Martha and Chris' place. 

"I—I want to talk to you about something." 

"What is it honey?" Chris inquired. When Martha hesitated for a while, he placed his hands on her shoulder. "Babe, what happened?"

"I don't know how to tell you this but—I can't keep this away from you anymore." 

"What is it Martha? You are scaring me now." 

Contemplating for a while, she finally told him. "It's about your parents—" 

"My parents?" he frowned. 

"Chris, I don't have a better way to say this—" Pausing for a while, she added, "Your parents are not dead, they are alive."

"What?" Scrunching his brows, he snapped, "Are you out of your mind?" 

"I know it's very hard for you to believe me and I know you might be thinking I am making this up but this is true. I—I even met her." 

"Whom?" 

"Y-Your mother." 

...

Kevin and Silvia's place. 

"Babe, did you see my wallet?" 

Keeping the wallet on the bed, Silvia walked away without saying anything. 

Looking at her, he added, "My handkerchief and socks?" 

Taking the handkerchief and socks out of the cupboard, she kept it on the bed. But before she could walk away, Kevin grabbed her hand. 

Pulling her towards him, he kept her on his l.a.p. "Babe, I am sorry. I swear we weren't judging Janet or anything. We were just discussing the odds." 

Keeping quiet for quite some time, she remarked, "I did not like it." 

"I know and I am sorry for making you feel that way. But now you are making me feel very sad and ignored. You did not talk to me properly yesterday and you have been ignoring me since morning. No morning, evening or night cuddles." Burying his face on her c.h.e.s.t, he sighed, "I feel so unloved." 

Cupping his face, Silvia explained, "Kev, you need to understand that Janet is my best friend and I don't want you to think of her that way. She would never harm me or anymore, you guys need to be clear about that." 

Before Kevin could say anything, Silvia's phone started ringing. 

Passing her the phone which was on the bed, he said, "It's Martha." 

As soon as she received the call, Martha panickstrickenly said, "Silvia, I told Chris about his parents." 

Widening her eyes in shock, Silvia yelled, "what? When?" 

"30 minutes ago," she answered. 

"How is he?" 

"I don't know, he left soon after and now I can't get hold of him. I am very worried, I don't know what to do." 

"Calm down first, I'll ask Kevin to do something. I'll call you after sometime," Silvia informed before hanging up the call. 

"What happened? Is everything okay?" Kevin inquired. 

"It's Chris, we need to find him." 

Scrunching his brow, he remarked, "Babe, why do we have to find him? He is not a small kid or something." 

"You don't understand—Martha told him about his parents and now he is nowhere to be seen." Getting down from his l.a.p, she added, "We have to help Martha look for him." 

"Parents? What about his parents?" Kevin frowned. 

"Oh, didn't I tell you that his parents are alive?" 

Widening his eyes in shock, he yelled, "What?" 

…..