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“No! It’s not about the babies, Sophia.” Brandon responded quickly. “To be honest, I never came for them in the first place. I came here when I got a slight hope that you might be alive when Colton used my black card. Indeed Colton and Calvin are bonuses about whom I had neither expected nor dreamt about, but all these years, I wanted their Mom. I want a second chance from their Mom.”
Sophia clutched the bedsheet, hearing him confessing his feelings for her again.
‘Am I dreaming this all, or are these my imagination?’ She asked herself in her mind and pinched her hand, and a hiss escaped from her lips.
“You might think me selfish by saying this, but I’m saying this for you; remember that every day is a new day, and you will never be able to find happiness if you don’t move on. One of the hardest lessons in life is letting go. Whether it’s guilt, anger, love, loss, or betrayal. Change is never easy.” He said, repeating the line that she had once said to him when she had confessed her feeling to him.
She clearly remembered how he had taunted her a second later, ‘Easy for you to say, but I will see how you will ‘let go’ the pain when you will feel anger, love, loss, or betrayal when you will ever face it.’
She recalled her own words that she had said to Oliver once.
‘If you get any news of Mason, just let me know.’
‘Seriously, Sophia? The person who left you when you needed him the most, you want me to look for me.’
‘Maybe he would have a perfect reason to do so!! And who knows, after listening to his side of the story, I might think of giving him a second chance? I believe in giving a second chance if the person deserves it or has learned from his mistake rather than breaking the relationship forever. And those people who think a second chance is given to make things right then, they are wrong about it. It simply means that a second chance is given to prove that they can be better even after they fall.’
Sophia didn’t say a word again, but tears started rolling out of her eyes, the tears that she had been holding for long, for years.
Brandon slowly reached for her hand and held it in his. “I’m sorry, Sophia. I’m really very sorry. I know it won’t be easy for you to trust me again, to love me again, to marry me again, but I will… I will make up for the pain that I caused you intentionally or unintentionally.” he added. “Please, Sophia. Just a second and last chance. I promise I will be the man you… you always wished and wanted to be.”
Sophia started crying bitterly, flooding her face with tears. She thought this was all just a dream, but after pinching for more than five to six times, she realized that it wasn’t. Brandon was indeed in love with her, and he confessed his feelings in front of her. She had stopped hoping for this a long ago.
She left the stool and hugged him, making sure not to hurt him. Brandon hugged her back with his one hand and wound up breaking down into more tears.
The howling of both the lost and broken souls clearly echoed throughout the room. They didn’t realize how long they cried in each other arms, but they didn’t want to stop their tears. Not now. Not at this moment.
“You.. you have no… idea how much I missed your hug.” Brandon cried, recalling her hug. “How much… I… missed you.”
Even Sophia wanted to admit that she missed him in the same way, but it should be Brandon’s day to reveal his feeling. She couldn’t let down her guard at the very first moment of his confession, acting like a desperate woman.
“I’m sorry, Sophia.”
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“Is there any update on the donor, Doctor?” Sophia asked the doctor who gave her permission to take Brandon home, but he had to visit a Hospital for dialysis about three times a week. Each session lasts three to four hours. Or, he might be able to do dialysis right at home three times a week or even daily if the situation gets worst. Home sessions were shorter, about 2 to 3 hours, and they were easier for his body to tolerate.
“No. Please give me some time, Ms. Weasley, to find the donor. You started asking about it just after twenty-four hours.” The doctor said in a teasing tone in which Sophia shot daggers from her eyes. “By the way, before any surgery, Mr. Haysbert’s body should be strong enough for the surgery, or there can be chances that he might lose his…”
“I get it. You don’t have to complete the sentence.” Sophia said, cutting him in between.
“But nothing will work if he won’t quit drinking. Not even GOD can help him.” The doctor said, and immediately, my mind struck the fact that Rebecca’s father was now GOD. Could he help in curing Brandon? But from what she had heard that even god helps those who help themselves. She could talk about it to Rebecca only after Brandon left his habit of drinking. She knew it was not an easy job, but she would do it at any cost.
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“Please tell me that everything is fine between you two?” Bruce asked happily when he came to know from Jake that they had some serious talk for at least half an hour. Sophia had asked everyone to leave during that serious talk.
“I won’t say everything is fine between us NOW. But yes, before leaving for the office, she had hugged me, and her gaze was soft.” Brandon said, recalling how they kept crying in each other’s arms until she received a call from her office and she had to leave urgently.
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