Destined to be

chapter 10

Emily " Wait . . . . uh . . .I don't get it , you told me that you lived with your . . . . . . . . . . . "

Steven " Mother , father and fiancee . . . . Well yes , I don't count my father's mistress as my family . "

Emily " Where does your mother lives ? "

Steven " Do you want to meet my mother ? "

Emily " Yes I do ! "

Steven " This is her room ( Steven walks in the room and Emily follows her ) . . . . . Mom ! "

Estella " Yes . "

Steven " How are you ? "

Estella " Are you someone from the hospital ? "

Steven " Yes Dr. Drake send me here to look on you and she is the nurse . "

Estella " Why did you call me mom ? "

Steven " I didn't called you mom , I called you Mrs. Estella . "

Estella " No I remember that you called me mom . "

Steven " Then you must have heard wrong . "

Estella " Oh ! look at that adoreble kid . "

Steven " It is Emily's sisters child . "

Estella " Is he a boy ? Do you want me to suggest a name for him ? I think Steven , yes , Steven will be a good name . if I had a boy I would have named him Steven . "

Steven " I guess you are fine so we will leave now . "

Emily " What's with your mom ? "

Steven " She has Alzheimer . In it people forget things , even people who are close to them . "

Emily " I take my words back . "

Steven " What ?  What words ? "

Emily " Earlier when I said that you have a perfect life I was wrong . Your life is a mess . "

Steven " I know . . . . . . . . . "

Emily " How can you be so fine with everything ? "

Steven " Well this is what my life is . . . . . . Even if I want or not I have to accept it . I have to wake up everyday being me . "

Emily " Yes , but I have a lot of questions in my mind . Can I ask them to you ? You know if I won't ask they will keep on disturbing me . "

Steven " I will tell you something and I am sure it will clear most of your doubts . My maternal grandfather was a big businessman . He started the ' Etoile Group ' . My father worked in his company . He tricked my mother and made her fall in love with him . They got married in court . My parents never got along together . He is a cunning man . I have seen him torturing my mother . He used to hurt her . "

Emily " If he hates your mother then why don't he divorces her . "

Steven " He can easily get divorce in the name of mother's illness . But  he won't because all the property is in name of my mother . If he divorces her he will be left with nothing . "

Emily " Why are you still here ? "

Steven " I cant leave my mother with this beast . He will kill her . "

Emily " Take our mother with you . "

Steven " Don't you think I ever thought of it . My mother still loves this man . She believes that one day he will love her back . I don't know from where does she finds hope . "

Emily " Your life is a mess . I don't know what to say after all this . "

Clara " I hear we have a guest . "

Clara was a very beautiful girl . She had the perfect white skin . Her golden hair rolled down her face . Abd her pretty blue eyes would make anyone fall in love with her .

Steven " Clara , Emily meet Clara my fiancee , my childhood sweetheart . "

Emily " Hi ! it's so good to meet you . I am Emily . "

Clara " I am Clara . "

Emily " I can see why Steven is so crazy about you . You are so pretty . "

Clara " I know , right . I guess I have seen you some where ,  but where ? Oh yes I remember you were in the cover of Panache . "

Emily " Yes , I have worked with them . "

Clara " Well I was their first choice but I had another project to look on . So I guess you were lucky because of me . "

Emily " I am sure . "

( baby cries )

Emily " Ella must be hungry . I think I have o feed her . "

Clara " Aww ! ! ! she is so cute . And she is so tiny . What have you said her name is ? "

Emily " It's Ella . "

Clara " It is a beautiful name . Where is her mother ? "

Emily " Actually I am . . . . . . . . . . . .  "

Steven " She is Emily's niece . Her mother dies while giving birth . I will get something for you to eat , Clara . . . . . ."

Clara " Don't worry I will show her guest room . "

 Clara leaded Emily to the guest room .

Clara " This is your room , please make yourself comfortable . "

Emily " Thank you so much . "

Clara " I fear we don't have clothes for kid . But don't worry I will ask someone to go and shop . "

Emily " That will be really sweet of you . "

Clara " So Emily do you have any family . "

Emily " No . . . . .  I . . . . .uh . . I . . . l lost my mother long back and recently I lost my father . "

Clara " And your sister . "

Emily " What ? . . oh . . .yes . . . . I lost my sister . "

Clara " I have not seen your sister but I believe that she must be really very pretty . I have read some where that a girl child gets beauty from her mother and Ella is so beautiful . "

Emily " Yes . . . . . . . . "

Clara " She looks just like your child . She has the same eyes and nose . You look pale and exhausted like you haven't rested for long . "

Emily " No actually . . . . . . "

Clara " You can consider me your sister . I think you will need one . "

Emily " I guess I will . "

Clara " I will share everything with you , my clothes , my shoes , my make up . You can have anything you want . Except one thing that just belongs to me . . . . . "

Emily " And that is . . . . . "

Clara " Steven . "

Emily " What ? ? ? "

Clara " Yes I have seen you looking at with with greedy eyes . "

Emily " No it's not like what you are thinking . "

Clara " Oh really , I am sure it's exactly what I am thinking . He is so dashing and handsome anyone can fall for him . It's no big deal . I mean he was the most eligible bachelor in town until we announced our engagement . You can have anything you want but you can't have him because he belongs to me . He is mine . So stop gazing him . "

Emily " You are mistaken . He is just helping me . I am not into him . "

Clara " I am no fool I see what's happening . "

Emily " Really , do you . So please tell me what's happening because I don't see anything happening . "

Clara " I have known him my entire life . I don't know if you know or not but we were best friends before we started dating . I know all his friends and I have never heard of you before . And he is not so generous to help a stranger until the stranger has something to give him . "

Emily " What do you mean ? "

Clara " Come on don't act so innocent . You are a young girl and you are pretty . So how many times have you too slept together . "

Emily " Are you crazy I haven't slept with him . "

Clara " You don't have to hide . I am totally fine with it . Alex has a mistress . I know girls like you who do anything for money . "

Emily " Shut up ! "

Clara " Or what will you do ? Keep your hands away from my boyfriend . "

Emily " I was wrong you are such a b***h . . . . . . . . . . . . "

Clara " Well to treat one you have to become one yourself . . . "

Emily " Now you are crossing your limits . "

Steven " What is going on here ? "

Emily " I don't think I should stay here . I will leave . "

Steven " Why what happened ? "

Emily " Nothing , nothing , I was wrong to come here I should go . Thank you for letting me stay here but I will go . . . . . . . . . . . . . "

Steven " What am I missing ? "

Emily " Why don't you ask your fiancee I am sure she will be able to explain everything to you better . "

Steven " Clara have you said anything to her . "

Clara " No , we were having a little girl's chat . I guess she didn't liked it . "

Steven " What have you said to her ? "

Clara " Why are you shouting at me ? "

Steven " I am not shouting . I am just asking . Have you said anything to her which you shouldn't have ? "

Clara " Why are you not asking her ? What makes you think that I am wrong . "

Steven " Stop interpreting everything your way . I am not blaming you . Look at her she is crying . I just want to know if you have any part in it . "

Clara " Even if I did I don't regret anything I said . I still believe that . "

Steven ( frustatingly ) " What is that you believe ? "

Clara " Why are you suddenly so concerned about this girl ? "

Steven " I am concerned about this girl because this girl is my friend . A friend is supposed to care about another . "

Clara " How come your friend is born today ? How come I have never heard of her before . Say ? . . . . . . . . ."

Steven " What makes you think that you know everything about me . "