When We Were Perfect

It was another regular day in the life of Daniel Saritas who was going through the reviews of customers about their new gadget, sitting on the leather couch in his office at the same time rocking the baby carrier in which Ozan was sleeping. He was interrupted when the door flew open and in came Silas with his usual grin. Daniel immediately made a sign to him to be quiet, pointing towards Ozan and he nodded, coming to sit on the chair in front of his desk.

"This is not fair, I wanted to play with him!" Silas whispered scowling. Daniel looked at his friend unbelievably, his face was still a little red for the little fight that happened two days back but it was healing. Daniel was quite concerned for him but then the next day he came into the office with his usual cheeky grin without caring about his bruised face. Shrugging it off saying he somewhat deserved it and then complaining that he should buy a face shield next time before facing Amy. Sometimes Daniel did ponder over the fact that his friend became more carefree since he came back.

"You can talk in a low voice Silas besides if you love to play with him all the time then I appoint you as her nanny!" Daniel said with sarcasm, concentrating on his files.

"Why do you act all bossy in the office, let loose for a bit!" Silas said as he stood and went to grab a soft drink from the small fridge Daniel had installed in his office.

"Because I am the boss here and if I let loose during work time then I am sure there would be nothing called Soft tech Corporation." Silas rolled his eyes but he knew his friend was right.

"How is Amy?" He reluctantly asked, eyeing the drink bottle in his hand. Daniel peeked from his file before placing it on the coffee table, fixing the blanket on either side of Ozan, he replied.

"I don't know Silas, for the first day she locked herself up in the room and even though I wanted to comfort her, I knew that she wouldn't like it and would probably tell me to leave her alone. The next day she went to work as usual." Silas sighed after hearing that.

"Do you think I should go and talk with her, settle this issue!" Silas asked.

"I think it would be good, the sooner the better but make her listen to you and also wear the shield you were talking about the other day!" Daniel said lightly, chuckling at the last part. Silas frowned 

"Don't make fun of that, it hurts like a bitch getting punched and slapped by someone!" Daniel glared at his friend.

"Silas!" He said in a chiding tone motioning towards Ozan.

"What? He is like seven months old and besides, he is asleep!"

Daniel pursed his lips at him and glared.

"You still did not need to curse around my child!"

"Okay okay, man!" Silas said chuckling, raising his hands in surrender and placing the now empty bottle in the bin.

"Anyways I am leaving now, Nadia and Aunt Kyla are visiting some relatives tonight and in the meantime they want me to get the electricity issue solved, there are some switches that fused.!" Silas informed in an already irritated voice. Daniel chuckled, always running away from work.

"Fine! You can go but email me the finance files by night!" Daniel said before picking up his file again and immersing himself.

"Aren't you going to leave!"Silas asked, raising his brows standing near the door.

"I will be leaving in a few minutes, just need to get this one done!" Daniel said without glancing his way.

"Fine! Mr Workaholic. Goodbye, my baby nephew!" Silas said placing a soft kiss on his forehead, mindful not to wake him up before walking out of the office glancing warily at his friend.

Taking a deep breath, Daniel rose to his feet after getting done with his work. Smiling at his little bundle who was still asleep, he grabbed his things before carrying the baby cot in one hand walking out of his office. As soon as he stepped outside Ashton ran to his side.

"Sir, have you decided about the New York matter!" He asked in his professional manner standing at a distance from his boss. Daniel raised his brows.

"Is there any immediate issue?"

"No, there isn't any but you told everyone that you will give the decision in a week." He informed, Daniel mentally face palmed himself. He knew he had to make a decision but how can he be so careless to forget about such an important thing.

"Don't worry Ashton, notify the HR department that I will soon inform them about my decision!" Daniel said in his intimidating tone. Ashton shook his head in response.

"As you prefer Sir, have a good night!" He said returning to his desk as Daniel walked inside the elevator with a new burden placed on his shoulders.

Daniel sighed as he tried to sleep but no matter how many times he tried, he couldn't dodge the uncomfortable feeling that surrounded him. He took a long breath and then tried to rub his arms as he felt his body getting cold. His heart and mind were continuously bugging him as if something bad was going to happen. Since he was a child he could always sense when something wasn't right, it was like his special ability. Getting frustrated, he threw the covers away from him and went to look at Ozan. Stepping inside his nursery, he saw him peacefully sleeping tucked in his blue elephant blanket. He smiled before deciding to do some work as sleep was nowhere near him. Grabbing the baby monitor with him, he walked to his office and started to review some new contracts but all the while that uneasy feeling bothered him. He glanced at the clock to see that it was only ten in the night. Suddenly he remembered the email he asked Silas to sent him and went to see it but there wasn't any.

"What am I going to do with this idiot!" Daniel muttered to no one in particular dialling his number but it was switched off, he tried a few times giving up.

'Why is his number switched off now, it isn't that late!' He thought. He needed that financial report to review these contracts. Pondering for a moment, he decided to get that report himself from his house. Since Aunt Kyla and Nadia are not at home, no one would be disturbed. Grabbing his car keys and asking Martha to watch Ozan for a while, he hopped into his sleek black Audi and zoomed out of his house. The strange feeling resurfaced as he got closer to his house but then his brows knitted in confusion as he saw a familiar blue Mercedes parked outside his house. 

Footing on the brakes, he parked his car near the blue Mercedes that belonged to Amy and stepped out of his car. Glancing around he saw a black SUV parked down the lane and he knew that it belonged to Neil and Saim. 

"What is she doing here at this time," he said, wondering. He walked to the front door and entered inside since the door wasn't locked. The only thing that greeted him was dim lights but at a distance, he could hear yelling and he immediately recognized who those voices belonged to. At first, he decided to leave, let them resolve it alone but then again he remembered how violently Amy reacted that day. It was like his feet started to move on his own, dragging him to the sound source until he reached the frame of the living room. There she was yelling at Silas and unlike that day he was also talking in a raised voice, both of them were having a heated argument.

"Why don't you get it, Amy, I have explained to you the reason I left you was because I didn't love you the way you wanted, I Never did!" Silas exclaimed his veins popping out of his neck.

"Oh really, then what were you doing all these years, playing with me!" Amy shouted, her face red from yelling.

"All this happened because of you Amy, you were too blind to see that who loved you and who didn't. I tried breaking off everything, giving you hints but you never listened. " Silas asserted.

Amy turned away for a moment, taking a deep breath calming her racing heart before she faced Silas this time with glossy eyes, her expressions changing from fury to hurt. Both of them were oblivious to Daniel who stood there.

"I love you, Silas, I always did even when you left me. I prayed for you to come back. I nearly died that day when you ran away.. Why don't you understand my feelings!" She got out, Daniel felt as if someone slapped him across the face with reality once again.