Chapter 33

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Recently a very disturbing thing happened. Three of my works were plagiarized on another website, word by word those works were copypasted by a person and were claimed by her own, she was getting applauds and praises with the stories she stole from me. Since a long while, behind my back she's been doing this and making a fool out of her readers who praised her so called creativity. She even copied my author's notes too! And that's just ridiculous. She's taken plagiarism to a whole new level, and it's very shameful. Thanks to Archana who've stood up against this, and informed me. Right now justice has been delivered after Archana and I rushed in with all the proves, reported her and she was caught red handed and was exposed. Karma's a bi***.

The incident had taken me by shock. I felt utterly heart broken, angry and unsafe. Robbing your thoughts, your hard works... leaves you like this - I realized after becoming a victim.

So, readers and writers raise your voice against plagiarism. If you find someone stealing someone's story, inform the writer, warn the offender, report their work and let the authority deal with them.

Thank you once again, ArchanaVinod. You're a hero. This chapter's dedicated to you.


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"What if your sister... Emma doesn't like me?"

Ramona said uneasily while trailing her suitcase behind her with one hand, with the other hand she adjusted Julius's wiggling body more comfortably in the baby carrier that was attached to her chest.

Evan was right in front of her dragging the heavier luggage while looking around to find a sign of his sister. He turned his face to look at Ramona.

"It's impossible to not like you, Ramona."

He comfortingly squeezed her hand in his larger warm hand. Almost immediately excited squeals of two overly energized children rushed closer to them.

"Uncle Evan!!"

Evan and Ramona looked up to see two cute kids running their way in full speed. At the sight of the two kids, Julius began practically thrashing his legs.

"Easy there, boy!" Ramona murmured to Julius's ear while patting him. But the boy didn't calm down, it was as if he was infected by the excitement of the other two seven years old kids.

"Julius!" The kids squealed looking at the boy grinning and gurgling while looking at them.

Evan affectionately ruffled both the kids' hair. "Sarah, Sammy! Relax guys, you'll get to play with him plenty."

He chuckled when Sammy groaned and tried fixing his hair with a cute pout.

Sarah, however, was so ecstatic that she didn't even care about anything else and brightened up the airport with a massive grin. "Really, Uncle Evan?"

"Really, beautiful." Evan grinned back.

"But daddy told me that I'm a princess." She protested immediately. Both the kids' eyes were fixed on Julius.

Evan chuckled, and just looked at Ramona in time as she was engulfed in a hug by Emma. He also watched with amusement as four guys surrounded them while keeping a short distance. Of course, the bodyguards Brandan had appointed.

"You must be, Ramona. I've heard so much about you." Emma said while panting for breath, at the same time she placed an affectionate kiss on Julius's head. She then released a very surprised Ramona, and swung around to face her twin children with a serious look.

"And, you two. What did I tell you just yesterday about running off like that?" She reprimanded the kids who had innocence written all over their faces.

It seemed like, Sarah and Sammy's little stunts of sudden running off from the bodyguards weren't that much unintentional.

"Emma." Evan took her name that got her attention and had Emma look back at his brother.

Smiling, the siblings shared a small hug.

Ramona watched Emma while a giggling Julius was getting poked on his feet by Sarah and Sammy.

She was shocked when a woman suddenly came out of nowhere and engulfed her in a hug, she could only watch as the gorgeous woman was hugged by Evan. Ramona couldn't help but feel so nervous standing there and looking at Emma. Evan's sister was like a goddess, a gorgeous woman and a perfect mother who carried herself with grace and confidence, and with the sparkle in her eyes that could only be the result of requited love. Would this perfect woman like her? Would they get along?

"And this is my little sister, Emma. And you already seem to know who she is."

Holding Emma's elbow gently Evan said the last bit to his sister with a raised brow, his other hand circled around Ramona's lower back as he trudged her forward.

"Uh.. hi. Nice to meet to you." Ramona mumbled, the nervousness very palpable in her voice.

Sarah and Sammy, well they introduced themselves rather impatiently after that and made everyone hurry back to the waiting car outside the airport, so that they could play with Julius properly after getting back home.

"Oh... you're going to be one of my bride's maid, Ramona. And don't forget to make me one of yours in your wedding. I hope Evan and you will someday get married in Hawaii too, it's a very romantic place." Emma was speaking with adoration and with dreamy eyes as they were all getting inside the awaiting large car.

Evan and her - getting married... Ramona's eyes fell on Evan's face that went grim in a second and then he was wearing a complete blank look.

A sick feeling began to settle in Ramona's stomach.

She noticed how he fell silent as the car passed through the busy roads of Boston. She tried concentrating on all the roads, shops and places Emma was pointing out to her at the other side of the windshield. She tried concentrating on Julius's talking in his adorable baby language to Sarah who was talking in full speed as well while Sammy gave in his two bits every now and then.

But what Ramona could only concentrate on was Evan's silence that was making the atmosphere inside the car suffocative.

And this suffocation, she's been feeling since a week now. One moment Evan would take care of her, shower her with affection, make love to her like there was no tomorrow, and then the next moment something invisible would make him push her away. And he would surround himself with these huge walls that she was left frightened. Frightened to one day wake up and never get access inside his beautiful heart ever again, for those damn walls seemed to have unnatural power to block her out whenever he raised them around himself.


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Evan walked down the gravel driveway slowly. His steps became more hesitant the more he neared the large house before him. The house where once he had started his married life with Zess.

As he walked, he felt like Zess's light footsteps were also following next to him. As if she was walking with him.

Evan's head began buzzing, his vision was getting wavy and everything around suddenly became so pale.

He stood at the bottom of the porch steps now, his eyes stuck on the door at the other side of which was an another world. A world filled with Zess's memories. He knew he needed to go in, he needed to open that door with the key that was jingling in his pocket, and he needed to go inside that world once more to say the final goodbyes to her memories.

Easy to say, difficult to do.

Feeling breathless, he stumbled back and away from the porch and the awaiting door. NO. Not now.

He felt like a coward walking away and hopping inside his car. He drove like a maniac aimlessly storming around in the roads.

And he felt like a f***ing a** as Ramona's unsure, sullen face popped up in his mind. The moment they arrived to Emma and Brandan's mansion like house, Evan had just said like a zombie to Ramona that he had to go somewhere and then he had stormed off taking the car.

Ramona might be feeling ignored, uncomfortable and maybe insulted because of his behavior.

"Damn it!"

He hit the steering wheel cursing.

But then again, he would feel something similar, like he was doing wrong to Zess whenever he was around Ramona, with Ramona. The moment he came out of the airport and into the familiar atmosphere of Boston, where he grew up and had spent the majority of his life... all the inferior emotions inside him intensified, multiplied in amount.

The car drive to Emma's house was the most difficult. All the places he could see outside the windshield, they held one or another memory of Zess. Zess's favorite restaurant, where he took her for their first date, the park he used to stroll around with her when she was pregnant with Julius. And then they passed the church, the church Zess and he got married in.

And Emma had mentioned about his and Ramona's wedding when they were getting inside the car, that was spinning like a piece of unsolved puzzle inside Evan's head the whole time.

Evan felt all over the place, his heart and mind scattered around everywhere as his car came to a halting stop.


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The chapter's not proofread. I wrote it in a hour and posted it straightaway. So point out if you find any mistake or tell me if you find anything that you think should be added or corrected.

Please don't forget to vote, comment, share and follow! My heartfelt thanks (hugs and kisses too) to the awesome people who've been voting and commenting.

Let me know how you felt about the reunion of Julius and Sarah, Sammy? Also did you like Emma, Evan and Ramona's scene?

The cyclone going on in Evan's head is very much needed. How many of you agree with me?


Lots of love. Take care till the next upload.

- Lara.




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