SWNOVELS Chapter 87: Epilogue
Long chapter ahead.
3 years later.
Third Person POV
Anna yawned softly and leaned her back against the rocking chair, sitting comfortably.
She looked at the blue eyes of her daughter, staring at her with innocence and cuteness.
Her heart swelled with happiness when her little one gave her a toothless smile while drinking her milk from the bottle.
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Her little girl, Alice will turn 9 months tomorrow. She is a naughty child.
[Thank you for the suggestion babe AnkitaGhosh205]
She had her mother's eyes and her facial features, probably from her father.
It was 3 in the morning. Anna's eyes were getting heavy and the need to slip into slumber was getting increased.
She heard footsteps outside Alice's room and the door opened with a creak.
Jack popped his head inside the room to check whether his angel was sleeping or not.
He was in an important meeting and that was the reason behind his tardiness.
He smiled when he saw his wife and opened the door and went inside.
He walked toward her and kissed her cheek and got rewarded with her tired smile. "You are still awake."
He bent down to his angel's level and kissed her forehead making her giggle.
"I was waiting for you and it was Alice's feeding anyway." She replied to him with a yawn.
Alice removed her little mouth from the nipple of the bottle and made a gurgling sound.
Anna laughed softly and picked her up from her lap and gave her to Jack and said "She is finished."
Jack nodded and patted her back gently until she burped. Anna stood up and said, "I'll bring your dinner in the room."
Jack again nodded and took Alice out of the room. He passed by his other kids' room and went inside.
Mia was sleeping without her blanket as she had pushed it down on the floor and Matthew was in deep slumber and was sleeping soundly.
He shook his head and with one hand, picked up the blanket and spread it on Mia.
He then kissed his children goodnight and walked out of the room and closed it quietly.
He then moved toward his room and opened the door. He put Alice on the bed who was babbling something.
Anna came inside with a tray in her hand and placed it on the bed and said "you go and change."
He went inside and came out after changing his clothes. He ate his food in silence after asking if she had it too.
"How was their first day in school?" Jack asked once he finished his food.
Anna giggled and said, "Mia fought with someone on the first day and Matthew made a new friend."
Jack chuckled and said, "looks like they had a good day."
"Yeah. Now we should sleep. I am very tired and you are too." Anna said and placed sleeping Alice between them.
They laid down on their place and Jack moved his head toward Anna and pecked her lips.
She gave him a smile and mumbled a 'good night' and put her hand gently on Alice's body.
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FLASHBACK
"What?" Anna whispered
"We have tried our best but we couldn't do anything to save him from going into Coma." Dr. Samuel told them.
Anger bubbled in Anna and she glared at the doctor and said "What kind of a doctor are you who couldn't even save a person?"
Richard held her hand and with a soft voice said "Anna."
Dr. Samuel was unaffected as it was the usual thing for him to hear such things from the relatives of the patients.
"Now all we can do is wait. Wait for him to wake up. You can meet him after 2 hours. Talk to him, maybe he can hear you." Dr. Samuel said and excuses himself. "What am I going to answer to Mia and Matthew?" Anna mumbled to herself.
Hours turned into days, days turned into weeks, weeks turned into months and now one year had passed.
Nothing changed in this one year except the changes everyone saw in her Anna.
She was always a mature girl since her teenage and now she has turned into a wise lady.
Telling kids about their father was one of the toughest things she had ever faced.
Mia had cried a lot for her father and threw a lot of tantrum meanwhile Matthew was a silent kid who had handled it pretty well.
Handling kids along with her classes was difficult for her as her kids didn't want her to leave them, afraid that their mother won't come back as well.
So Anna left her studies for that one year. Nothing was more important to her other than her kids.
And her husband who was in the hospital, with no change in his condition.
She went to meet him daily along with the kids as they wanted to meet their father.
Mia always laid beside her father and hugged him tightly and said "Mia miss pa."
She had inquired about him to the doctor but he didn't say anything other than 'he will come back when he wants to.'
Jane took the kids home when they fell asleep. Anna waited for them to leave then turned her attention to Jack.
His bruised body had healed. But the scars of the bullets on his back didn't fade.
His skin color had now changed into his normal from pale white. She moved her hand forward and clutched his hands.
She signed and started to tell him about her day and about the kids like always.
".... They are getting so naughty. Especially, Mia, she fought with Noah yesterday and slapped him. Poor guy started to cry." She told him with a chuckle. [Noah is Avril and Ace's son.]
"They missed you, you know. You have to come back, for them. Mia always asked about you. They need you, Jack." She continued.
She bit her lips and closed her eyes when she saw no change in him and got sad as always.
"I... I want you to come back so that we could talk about us. I am ready to give you a second chance. But for that, you have to come back to your family." She motivated him
"You know Charlotte got a proposal last night but she denied him. Not because she doesn't love him, she just wanted you to be there for her, Jack." She informed him.
"The person is none other than Carson. You have to come back to interrogate him. Please come back." She whispered in tears.
She cried and declared "I forgave you. I forgave you."
She fell asleep in the chair while crying. She felt someone caressing her hand and she stirred.
She opened her eyes and almost fell from the chair she saw brown orbs watching at her.
She opened her mouth to say something but closed it. With a squeak, she said, "you are awake."
She pressed the button to call the doctor quickly before he could close his eyes.
She stepped out of the room as per the Doctor's instructions and called her mom and dad along with Charlotte.
The doctor assured Anna that now he woke up, he is fine and better. She was happy and thanked God.
She went inside with timid steps and saw him staring at the ceiling of the room.
She cleared her throat to get this attention and said "hey"
"Hey" he replied with a slow voice.
She was hearing his voice after one year and still, she couldn't believe that he got his consciousness back.
"I am glad that you are now fine." She said with a small smile.
She went toward him and heard him say "You called me here. I have to come back, Anna. You told me that you forgave me. Right?"
She licked her dry lips and said "I forgave you. Now take some rest. I am here."
With a smile, he fell back into a deep slumber.
FLASHBACK ENDS
The next day, Anna and Jack were sitting in the garden of their house with their kids.
Mia and Matthew were running and playing with each other and Alice was in her father's lap.
It was overcast weather. Anna was talking to Charlotte on the phone and was telling her to come and meet them. Charlotte was now happily married to Carson. It was very awkward at first because he had proposed Anna first. But then they cleared all the misunderstandings. Telling Jack about it was another matter.
He gave him a very hard time and denied his wish to marry and Charlotte didn't repudiate her brother's wish.
But after some time, he agreed. Now they are expecting their first child.
She cut the call and turned her attention toward her kids. Mia ran toward her and hugged her tightly.
She caressed her hair and asked "Ma. Why was Aunt Charlotte's tummy so big?"
She chuckled and said, "Because there is a baby inside her."
"Really. Like Alice. But Ma, your tummy was not big." She questioned innocently.
This question was enough to make her nervous and sad. She could feel Jack's eyes on her.
But she couldn't tell Mia that Alice is not her biological daughter.
FLASHBACK
One week passed, Jack is now absolutely fine and they are taking them home.
They went to the doctor's cabin and sat in front of him to evaluate the situation.
The doctor told them the instructions which they had to follow and then he dropped the bomb.
"I have checked all the reports and everyone came fine except one.
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There are a lot of side effects of the drugs which Mr. Miller was
consuming." The doctor stopped
Then continued with a sad smile "It had affected his fertility. I am sorry to say that but now he is infertile. He won't be able to become a father again." én.swnovels.net
Both were numb after hearing the boss especially Jack, who always wanted a big family.
His dream to have a big family crushed and maybe it was his fault.
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Maybe it was his punishment for all the sins he had done.
God had given him the cruelest punishment and he would accept it.
Years passed, the rain was pouring heavily and it was night time, still, Jack didn't come home.
Anna was worried and was anxiously waiting for him. She had put her babies to sleep.
She was pacing the floor while biting her lips but she stopped when she heard the noise of a car stopping.
She ran toward the door and saw Jack coming toward the with a young-looking girl.
Both were drenched and the little girl's shoulders were shaking, indicating that she was crying.
Jack's shirt was covered with blood and her clothes were coated in dirt and blood.
Anna was about to ask him but he spoke softly "Take her to the guest room and give her some clothes Anna. Then we will talk."
She bit her lips and nodded. She gently placed her hand on her shoulder but that girl flinched.
The girl reminded Anna of herself. She was there too and she could proudly say that she conquered it.
"Come on sweety. I won't hurt you." Anna whispered softly.
The girl looked at her with teary blue eyes and scrutinized her then nodded her head.
She gave her a little encouraging smile and took her to the guest room and told her to take a warm shower.
She quickly went inside the room and saw Jack wearing a t-shirt. She went inside the closet and chose a comfy pair of PJs for her.
She went inside the guest room and knocked on the bathroom and said "Here are the clothes. Take them."
The girl came after changing her clothes. She was sniffling and wiping the tears again.
"You stay here. I'll make a hot chocolate drink for you. My kids love it very much." Anna told her this to lighten her mood.
"What's your name sweety?" She asked her.
"My name is Amber." That girl replied with a hoarse voice.
"How old are you, Amber?" She further asked
"I am 15." She replied
"Oh. You take some rest. I'll bring it to you." She said and went downstairs to make hot chocolate for Amber.
It was clear to her that someone was abusing her. She knew the symptoms better than anyone.
She shook her head and went upstairs with the drink and gave it to her and made her sleep.
She went to their room and saw Jack staring out of the window. He must have heard her footsteps because he turned toward her.
She went toward him and he pulled her in his embrace. She put her head on his chest and stayed silent for some time. Now they knew each other as they had spent almost two years together and all they did in that period was talk. They hadn't done anything other than kissing or cuddling. It's not like they didn't want that or they were not ready. They were still taking marriage counseling to strengthen the bond between them and for them to understand each other.
They were trying to make this marriage work and they got successful in it.
"What happened to her and who is she?" Anna asked him softly
"I don't know Anna. A man was
beating her while she was shielding her stomach. I told him to stop but he didn't and he picked up the heavy stone from the road and was about to hit her. I shot his hand. And then histeg and warned him to stay away." He told her and left her.
He continued "I couldn't leave her there alone and she was not saying anything. So I took her here with me."
Anna's heart broke when she heard about the girl but she was happy that her husband saved that girl.
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"You did well." She told him with a smile.
He gave her a smile back and said "I am learning from the best."
Amber didn't talk to anyone for a week but after that, she couldn't control herself from discussing it.
She told them that she lives with her foster parents. They don't love and care about her.
She was in 10th grade. Her maths teacher was touching her inappropriately for a few days.
She told this to her mother but she ignored her and ordered her to not lie to them about these things.
She was shattered when her mother refused to believe her. She didn't have any choice other than ignoring her teacher.
And she did with all her might but still, she couldn't save herself from that person when he forced himself on her.
He did that many times and she again told this to her mother but she didn't accept this and slapped her.
After two months when she got pregnant, her teacher threatened her to abort it.
And when her parents came to know about her pregnancy, they beat her and kicked her out of the house in the middle of the rainy night.
She was standing outside in the rain when her teacher came to kill her. And that's when Jack came and saved her.
This was the first time Anna felt immense anger. She just wanted to kill her parents.
Her parents were like that too but then she got her mom and dad who loved her just like their children.
She wanted to save that girl and wanted to give her real love.
Jack and Anna decided that Amber was going to stay with them until she wanted instead of sending her to the NGO.
They took care of her and gave her the love she deserves. She told them that she doesn't want the baby as she was very young.
She wanted them to have her baby. She wanted them to become the parents of her child.
They both were shocked and happy at the same time. They knew that they couldn't have another baby.
In this way, they would get two children instead of one. They agreed and told her that they would adopt that child.
Rose was the one who was her gynecologist during her pregnancy.
They took extra care of her as her pregnancy was complicated due to her young age.
Amber almost died while giving birth to a baby girl but somehow she survived.
Jack was the one who held that little girl. She was so innocent just like his Mumma.
They decided to name her Alice. She would be their new daughter. But this time he would make sure that she won't get the same fate as his Mumma.
They adopted Alice and with her they also adopted Amber. They wanted her to be secured and have a chance to get a happy family.
Jack sent Amber to England with a heavy heart because that's what she wanted.
She wanted to be away from Alice for some time as she was not ready to face them.
So now she was in England, living her life. She will come next year to live with them permanently.
FLASHBACK ENDS
"Because your Ma is so tiny that's why her tummy was not big," Jack answered Mia's question.
"Wow," Mia exclaimed.
"Now who wants to eat ice cream." He asked loudly
Both Mia and Matthew yelled 'yes' loudly and ran toward him, making both Anna and Jack chuckle.
She was happy that she was with her family and she heard him say "I love you."
And for the first time in all these years, she replied to her ex evil husband "I love you too."
THE END
Authors Note
Hello guys
Hope you liked this story.
So now the story is finished.
I LOVE YOU ALL. I GOT SO MANY AMAZING READERS JUST BECAUSE OF THIS STORY.
Till then
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