Chapter 35: chapter 35

A week later,      It's been a week after that incident, he never contacted me, no messages, no phone calls. Even Chuck stopped coming to my cabin. What happened really? Is he is in trouble again? I dialled Lucky's number, she answered in a ring, "Yes, Thomas?""Umm...what's today schedule?""We actually completed today's schedule, Thomas. You are free from the afternoon" she replied."Oh...yeah...yeah...right...right...Then umm...do I have any couriers?""Yes, the usual one's postcards, Thank you letters and brochures, that's it"."Oh...oh...okay...Right...umm...Is there something from...from...that...that...Christopher?" I cleared my throat."Ugh...it stopped a week ago, nothing from him. The last thing was a letter something like that"."What? A letter? Why didn't you inform me?""But, you always advised me to toss it in the trash"."Listen, I don't care. I want you to find it at any cost or else there will be consequences" I slammed the phone angrily.My Gang came inside at the same time, "Why are you yelling at poor lucky?" Jake asked."Nothing, she umm...misplaced some documents" I waved it off, "What about you guys? What is the reason all the monkeys teamed up?""To meet another monkey" Nyra replied."Not so funny" Henna replied, "Try again".She rolled her eyes, "Nothing, we are going out today. It's been long and tomorrow is a weekend. So, I want us to get spoiled" Aaron said."Umm...I'm so sorry guys" I replied, "I have to raincheck on it".They all scowled, "No! You are coming" Alex said."Trust me, I also want to. But I have very important work"."Really? Like what?" Jamie asked, "I know you are going to be free until Monday".I sighed, "Okay, I'll say it" I looked at them, "I wanna see my Grandpa. I'm missing him and I wanna visit him. So please, leave me once" I requested them.They looked at each other in silence, "Okay" Jake replied after few seconds, "But next time, you'll be dragged without your permission".I smiled, "Sure, I'll be there"."Okay guys, we don't have time to waste. Let's plan where we are gonna rock" Jamie cheered them."Yeah...yeah..." They talked to each other. I stood up from my seat, Nyra and Henna hugged me, "Miss you, Idiot. It's been long we had girls night" Nyra said."Yeah, me too. How about next week? we can leave this bunch of losers alone and we'll enjoy our weekend" Henna asked."Of course" I nodded, "But now stay with these losers and enjoy yourself"."I pray Jake won't vomit and make that place horrible" Henna sighed.We both laughed.They all went out of the cabin, except Jamie."Are you really gonna meet your Grandpa?""Yeah, why?""Nothing, I assumed you are going to end up in your apartment with an ice cream and blanket".I chuckled, "Speaking of it, have you ever thought of returning little to me?"He took Little with him a few weeks ago, to impress Mac and still now he is there."No freaking way" he replied, "Mac and I are having a good time with him"."But I miss him. Please for your information, he is my dog"."Fine then, I'll bring him back next week. Remember, only for a week"."Okay. I can't believe Little chose you over me" I shook my head."Who can resist this charm?" He winked pointing his face.I sighed, "So, Mac is coming with you?"He nodded, "Yeah, he is driving us"."How it's going with him?""Good, bit jealous when I flirt with others. Other than that, he is good and nice between us"."Well, I can say" I shrugged my shoulders, "Mac can do better".H stared at me, "I wish to give you a good damn reply. But it's getting late. They'll chew my head off. So, I'm leaving" he looked at his watch."Get wasted" I gave him a slight hug."You don't have to say that" he left the cabin.After they left, I spend some time replying to emails and prepared a presentation for an upcoming conference. Soon it came the evening I was about to leave, that's when Lucky came inside gasping for air, "Thomas, Letter you've asked for" her voice sounded enthusiastic, "I grabbed it just a minute it can go into city garbage"."Thanks, Lucky. You can leave now, happy weekend"."Thanks, you too" she went back to her chair.Most of them left the office. Only a few peoples were in their cabinets hurrying up the articles to start their weekend.I tore the envelope and opened the letter. I started to read, his voice echoed in my head as he was talking to me.Dear Ana,     Thank you so much for the support you gave me. Chuck told me everything. I don't have words to express how much that meant to me. I'm writing this letter to say that I won't disturb you anymore. I won't force you to talk with me. I want you to be happy.From today onwards, I won't disturb you or call you or send Chuck to your place. Only if you wish, you can talk to me. I'm always waiting for you and I won't stop loving you. If you want to move on, to be honest, it'll make me sad. But I'll eventually understand. So, all the best for your future Ana and I won't stop loving you. Your part in my life is the happiest moment of my life. I don't know you'll read this letter or not. Trust me, this is the last time you'll hear from me - Christopher.I signed and closed the letter. So he don't want to trouble me anymore and will see me only if I wish. What should I do? I should take him back or not? I guess only one can answer it.I kneeled before grandpa's cemetery and kept flowers before him with Chris's letter. I let out a breath and closed my eyes thinking about him, "Grandpa" I called him heartily from my subconscious mind, "What do you think? Accept him? Or move on?"After few minutes, we both were sitting on a park bench, alone. Birds were chirping to the sunrise. I looked at him, "Beautiful view, isn't it?" He asked looking straight."Grandpa," I asked him unbelieving, "You...you...are here?"He smirked, "I told you, I'll be here when you need me"."Thank you so much" I leaned on his shoulders. He was wearing a white shirt underneath the brown sweater with grey pants and black shoes. The same he wore on his last day. After few seconds of enjoying the warmth of him, I asked, "You know what happened with him?""I know" he patted my head, "I know everything"."Then tell me what should I do?"He rubbed my knuckles, "I think you should give him another chance"."Really? I should do?""We all are humans, my dear. We all do mistakes. But one regret for his mistakes, you should definitely forgive him and move on with it. He regrets what he did. So give him another chance. I don't wanna say it cause you already know, he is just like you. Looking for love and care I think you two can share that and can create an unbreakable bond" he raised his index finger, "Only if you try".I smiled, "I'll try Grandpa".He kissed my forehead, I closed my eyes feeling it, "Good, I can say that he'll protect you as like I protected you from that devil. He is your angel".When I opened them back, I saw Chris's face instead of Grandpa's. I came back to reality and looked around. I was still in the graveyard. My heartbeat was rapid. I smiled and touched his cemetery and hissed, "Thanks, Grandpa. Thank you so much. I really understand what I lost. I'll go back to him right now".I stood up wiping my tears and started to outside the graveyard.In a distance, a man in a car watched her coming back.Meanwhile Chris,      It's been a week and I didn't hear from her. I wonder if she opened that letter or not.Roger jumped into my lap, bringing back to my sense, "Hey! Buddy!" I tickled his ears.He rolled on me, enjoying it. I laughed and he licked my face. But when I tried to push him away, to stop licking my lips. My pendant got stuck in his teeth, he turned his face away pulling it from me. As a result, it broke into two pieces and fell to the ground.He ran away from me before I can warn him. I took it in my hand and my heart skipped a beat. Why do I feel something bad gonna happen? This is not a good sign. Cold air breezed from the window and gave me a chill. My intuition said something is bad. No, I wanna make sure she is fine. I dialled her number, she didn't answer. Tried again, no answer. Fuck! I dialled Jamie.He answered after a ring, "Yes, Chris?" He spoke loudly."Where are you?""I'm in a pub" I heard loud music in the background."Where is Ana?""Umm...she went to visit her Grandpa. Why?""Nothing, bye" I hung up and ran to my car garage.God! She should be fine.