Claimed By My Husband's Enemy novel Chapter 182

Chapter 182

5 vow hers

(Ari)

My eyes were swollen when I realized that Sebastian’s wolf didn’t leave me. He was beside me, curling, offering security while Aidan stood a few meters away, offering me privacy and his quiet support.

So much had happened. Today was my first time visiting dad after he died. I leaned on the wolf wearily and buried my face on his silky fur.

“This is me,” I whispered. “Without the mask I wear in BMB. Are you disappointed?”

The beast shook his head.

“You aren’t? Because I am. Fabio Reese is my real dad, by the way. I promised that I’d give him a better life when I grow up. He couldn’t wait for me. I didn’t even get to buy him a pair of new shoes when he was alive. The bag and boots he used for work were both old and worn out. He would buy me things but would forget to buy some for himself. Instead, he had to stitch his bag and boots many times before going to work. I couldn’t afford to buy him even a pair of socks back then. I still can’t afford it now.” I laughed hard as tears streamed down my cheeks. “Damn. Now that I think about it, aren’t I the poorest person in all the realins?”

Again, the beast shook his head and rubbed his cheek against mine as if wiping my tears.

“Thank you. Is it alright if I ask you to leave with Aidan for a while? I want to be alone with dad.”

He didn’t question it. The wolf stepped away. When I glanced at where Aidan was, he was no longer there. He left. As for Sebastian and the mage, I couldn’t see them, but I could sense that they were around, never letting me alone completely.

“I miss you again today, dad,” I whispered. “Some people say that time heals everything. They’re a bunch of liars. I still get hurt when I think of you. Years have passed and I don’t think I ever healed. I want to stop feeling like this when I think of you. I know you won’t want it. I know you want me to think of you and smile, but I can’t. I still grieve for you every day.”

I closed my eyes and relieved my memories with him. I could still feel the warmth of his back from the time he carried me. He must have been tired from work. He must have been sick. I just didn’t know it. Yet, he still gave time for me. He still put me on his back just to comfort me from a bad dream.

How was a person supposed to move on from that?

I didn’t want to be disturbed. This day was solely for him. But then my phone rang persistently. I forgot to turn it off. When I looked at the screen, the number was unregistered.

I wanted to ignore it, but there was a voice in me that stopped me just when I was about to do it.

“Hello?”

“Hi”

The voice sounded slightly old and feminine and there was something in it that spoke to my soul.

“Don’t end the call please? It’s my birthday today.”

“Happy birthday. Now if you don’t mind, I’ll hang up. I’m a little busy-”

“I dialed your number randomly I read somewhere that venting out to a stranger is better sometimes You can talk freely without worrying your family and friends. Since you don’t know me and I don’t know you, you will most probably forget about this conversation before the day ends. 1. want to try talking to someone else and I didn’t want to worry my husband

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especially my son He’s been needlessly worried and guilty enough. I just miss my baby so much.”

She was crying on the other side and for some reason, so was I.

“What happened to your child?”

“We lost her when she was three. The mages said she was dead, but my husband and I don’t believe it. She is out there somewhere. I just know it. And call it a mother’s instinct but I could tell she is in pain. My heart has been broken too many times in the past years which meant that my daughter has been suffering, and I don’t know what to do with it because I can’t reach her. I have no way to know where she is.”

I glared at my phone. How dare this stranger vent out to me and make me feel lonelier and sadder than ever? Yet, I couldn’t force my fingers to click the end button. I put the phone on the loudspeaker and placed it on the ground.

‘Tell me more.”

For some reason, I wanted to keep hearing her voice.

‘My godson is insisting that he has found her. But all the evidence he showed me about her was weak. I knew without a doubt that it’s going to be another failure. My family and I have been through so many failures over the past years that’s why I’m scared to try again and fail again. I don’t think my heart can handle another failure.”

‘Look, if none of us are going to stop being cowards after talking to each other, then this conversation will be useless. You said you miss her. Then you do it. Take a risk. You’re older. Be braver.”

She sniffled. “And you?”

‘I’m taking a day off being brave today. It’s my father’s death anniversary. I have an excuse to be weak.”

‘I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have called and disturbed you-”

‘No. I don’t mind hearing your voice.” I gazed at the cloudy sky and sighed. “Take a chance. What if your godson is right? You’d never find out unless you try. If you fail, it’s going to suck and you’re going to get hurt. But what if you don’t? What if she’s your real daughter and she needs you right now?”

My eyes watered. “Because if my parents were here, if they were alive, I’d run to them right now. I’m tired of fighting and breaking just to live. I want to be hugged. I want to stop being a soldier for once in my life and just cry in their arms. Like a child. Like a daughter. Heaven knows I miss being someone’s daughter.”

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