come back to me

chapter 5

Evelyn pov

I can't wait to go back home now. it's suffocating here. thank god mark was by my side this time. Mark was showing me something on his phone. smiling at it. even though my brain couldn't register what he was showing me, I smiled at him..I saw Anthony walking back to us from the kitchen. he was taking small steps as if he was in deep thought.. suddenly grandma called me and i got up to go to her. i was walking towards her when i don't know how but i tripped on something or not but i was about to fall down when Anthony held me. he didn't let me fall and even pulled me closer to his chest as if he's hugging me. he had hold me closely and after some time he let me go.

"watch your steps" he said coldly and walked towards mark who was smiling ear to ear seeing his dad holding his mom.. he sat next to mark and started talking to him. taking a few glances at me. i shook my head and walked towards grandma.. I still couldn't understand why and how i tripped.. grandpa smiled when i reached her. she gave me a box saying it was my birthday gift. birthday.. yeah i almost forgot that my birthday is in a few days.. i asked her why she gave it earlier than my actual birthday. she said it was just she wanted to give me. she'll be giving me something else as well on my birthday. we were talking for some more time..

Anthony pov :

I was in deep thought when i walked out of the kitchen. the itching feeling on my chest was irritating. I knew I needed to do something. when i was walking towards mark i saw grandma called Evelyn. and she got up to go to her. a thought crossed my mind. I stood there and waited for her to walk past me and when she was about to, I made her trip on my shoes and when she was about to fall i held her by her waist and pulled her closer to my chest hugging her. i closed my eyes for a moment. now the need of erasing the touch of jenna was gone. the itching feeling was gone. after that i behaved as if it was her fault and walked towards mark.. This is so weird that i did something like this bit now ot feels better.. don't ask me why Evelyn's touch felt better than the woman who was my girlfriend once.

this is so complicated and i don't want to think about it.

just as i thought no one saw what i did, i noticed the look my son gave me.

the smirk and teasing eyes when he was looking at me. god it would be weird if he actually knows what i did.

"dad, you did that on purpose..right?" s**t he knows. sometimes i just forgot how sharp mark can be. he can get his focus on different things at the same time. a genius for sure.

"did what, buddy?" i asked

"you make her trip to hug mom? it was obvious, dad" he said ..i swear i wanna be somewhere else now.. imagine getting teased by your own son.

"it's not like that, buddy" i said trying my best to sound nonchalant

"I'll ask mom how she fell then?" did this little dude just threaten me? god..

"finee.. don't tell her what you saw. okay?" i asked.

"okay" he said indifferently and i looked at him

"promise?" i needed to make sure it's a secret between us. he loves me but he loves his mom more. so i need extra promise for it.

"promise, dad" he said and i relaxed. after that the family dinner was over. finally because it was so weird there. after we said bye to everyone, we left for our house.. "will you stay at the office tonight again, dad?" mark asked me. i know my little one is upset because I've been staying most of the time at the office recently. i looked at him and smiled then shook my head "no buddy.. I'll be at home with you" i said and after some time the driver pulled over and we got out of the car. thanking him we went inside the house. Evelyn was unusually silent. with mark as well. maybe thinking about jenna.. wonder what she's thinking. did they talk to each other? why mom suddenly called her over? i have a lot of questions in my head. but no answer.. tonight i decided to watch a movie with mark before he goes to sleep. we were sitting on the couch. he was basically on my lap.. I've missed him too nowadays. having him close calms my heart.. just like Evelyn..wait..what? i shook my head to throw that thought. what was i even thinking? but it's true. whenever I'm having a bad day, i hug mark. his smell helps me to relax. it's comforting..i suddenly noticed how he was holding my index finger. it reminded me of the time when he was born and i had took him in my arm for the very first time.. i swear nothing can compared to the feeling.. and when i held him closer to me. he had his little fingers around my index finger just like this.. i kissed the top of his head.. after the movie time, he was already sleeping. so i had carried him to his room and tucked him under the blanket. Evelyn was with us for some time but then she went to his room. after closing the door of mark's room. i walked towards Evelyn's room.