CHAPTER 89

" What the hell are you doing in my garden?" Catherine stared back at the man who had tormented her both at daytime and night and bam..... Here he was in her garden as though he had every right to be there and tearing down every boundaries and fences she had put in her heart against him with just his presence.

Ever since her children left to stay with their Nana, this house and her life in general had turned dull and lifeless . She forced herself to wake up daily and when she did she had nothing to look forward , it dawned on her that her life was centered on her children and without them she was simply lost. Her garden was the only source of happiness for her these days and now he had ruined the day for her even before it began .

" Cath I have been trying to call you for ages but it keeps going to voicemail " He replied with an emotional voice.

" That should have given you the hint that I don't want to speak with you!!! . Not now or ever " .

" Why? "

Catherine laughed a little before saying "You're seriously asking me that? Okay I will let you know, look around you Martin my precious children are not in their home and they hate me all because of you!! And you have the audacity to stand there and pretend that everything is alright. "

" Catherine don't you think you're placing your anger at the wrong place? I understand that you're mad that your children are angry at you but trust me sooner or later they will come back home and this little episode of ours would be in the past " .

She held herself from falling into his arms, she was mean to him but here he was still caring and offering her words of encouragement . " I have been telling myself that for the past few days but they are not back yet neither have they even called to hear my voice " .

" Try calling them yourself " He suggested wishing he could take away all the pain she felt at the moment.

" I did that already and my mom said they were late for school but I bet they were the ones that didn't want to speak with me " .

" Don't worry cath they will surely come around you are their mo- " .

" That's enough thank you for coming" She started cutting him off " you have to get going now and hopefully if my children return home soon, I will appreciate it if you don't come back to our home " .

" You don't mean that cath " .

" I do, your sheer presence irritates my children and if they return the last thing I would want to do is to annoy them " .

" Catherine listen to yourself speak, they are your children and you are the mother!!! Not the fucking way round. You're a great mom and deserve happiness too, tsk my only mistake is loving you cath " He said slowly walking away from her garden, house and home and hoping that she would stop him but she merely sat down on the chair he had occupied earlier and cried softly.

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Ayra stared at the book she was reading for the hundredth time without understanding the words nor going past the first few lines, the fight she had had with Jack kept replaying in her head more like his mean words kept reappearing. Apart from the tears she had shed in front of him, she hadn't shed any more tears . She could literally feel her eyes hot wanting to over pour with tears but she refused to cry for a mere boy also there wasn't any convenient place for tears, she shared a room with Alice and would definitely arouse suspicion if she woke up with red blotched eyes plus Nana was everywhere in the house and could magically appear any time .

She had asked herself different times if she had overreacted by hitting him on the face or maybe she could have handled the situation better but it didn't matter anymore, the only dilemma was where to go from this point he had called her countless times and sent numerous messages but she hadn't bothered with them, she genuinely didn't want to talk to him not now or ever he had made her feel worthless in front of a total stranger and haven't brothered to listen to her, if this is what it feels to be in a relationship then she wanted no part of it gosh no one told her about the tightness in the heart and pain when things go sour just the good part of relationships are always shown by everyone.

" Ayra someone is at the door go open it " Alice ordered unwrapping the gift packages she had ordered from an online store which will be shared to guest in her birthday party.

Grumpy as hell she stood up with a fit and strood to the living room, without finding out the identity of the person she shoved the door open and bam.... Was held spellbound.