32 Chapter 31

Upon reaching her home in the evening, Camellia was surprised that she can see some smoke coming from the kitchen of her house. She jogged toward the house to check whether her mom forgot to disperse the fire on the stove before she left for work. Or there maybe something wrong happen in her house.

"Oh My Goddd… please nothing happen to my house. I can't bear anything happen to the house. My parents will be devastate if they know that the house might turning into ashes." Thought Camellia to herself chanting prayers all the way to the house. It make her heart beat palpitates.

The nearer she walk to the house she smell something delicious. The smell was something she recognize and it was something she had been craving for awhile. She really craving for something sweet especially a cake with icing since her birthday but with her parents getting busy all these while make her choose to forget about having any sweet food.

Usually, her parents will make her sweet food on her birthday every year with the wish that she will live her life with some sweet memories. But then she comeback from her daydream make her wonder who did bake the food. Her parents should be still at their workplace since it still early in the evening. It can't be that they are the one at home.

With the thought, Camellia feel like there is something she miss. Did she really overlook over something? Did someone break into her house during the daylight. That is impossible. There is nothing in the house that is valuable enough to make money.

She take a peek into the house through the gap of the door. What she found is something she already cross in her early assumption. Her parents is indeed the one at home. They were decoration a cake on top of the dining table. Nothing fancy like the one from the bakery but it is something that she love. Her mom really love bake cakes and cookies on her own when she have some free time. Her homemade pastries is the best for Camellia and Jessica. It is not too sweet and the amount of the decoration is just perfect.

From Camellia's view in the crack, she assume that her parents tried to make up for her birthday. Her birthday already passed like almost three weeks ago. More or less. She already have no idea since she is so heartbroken that day. She planned on forget about it but everytime she want to do just that the memories from that night make her smile to from ear to ear. The memories of the injured and helpless wolf. Her very first patient, unofficially since she still have no the qualification to do so. But practically he is her patient. No argument is allowed.

Before she walk in, Camellia knocked on the door for a few times. She want to let her parents know her arrival so that they would not be so surprised. At the same time, Camellia don't want to ruin her parents plan to make the surprise party among them, if they have of course.

As soon as she make a step into the house, her parents start to sing a birthday song with a cake in their palm that had fully covered with icing and chocolate dripping at the side of the cake. There is a candle on the top of the cake. As the birthday song come to the end, the parents asked Camellia to make a wish before blow the candle off.

"Lia, darling. Come and blow the candle. But before that make sure you close your eyes and make a wish. Even though your birthday is already passed we can still celebrate it, don't we?" Said Camellia's mom. "Come on make a wish and blow the candle before it melt on the cake. I want to taste the cake since it was done. But I have to control the urge to do that." Urge her again when she saw Camellia did not make a move from her spot.

"But mom, I am too old to make a wish before blowing the candle, don't I?"

"No. You are not old. You are always a baby to us. You will always be in the eyes of us. Our eyes candy or candy in our eyes. Choose whichever you want from the option." Said Camellia's dad.

Their bright face and sweet, big smile full with expectation make her just complied with the request. Make a request before blow off the candle was so childish. When she done make a wish and blew the candle they share the cake while having a light conversation before dig in. The cake was superb.

"So mom, dad, what with the cake and celebration? Why did you guys come back early today? What is the occasion?"

"Umm… Nothing, darling. Nothing that you need to concern about. It just that… it has been a while we spend some time together. I just missed you so much these past a few days." Said Camellia's dad.

"Y-yeah…right. He's right. Since we missed your birthday, we both feel guilty that we abandon you on your birthday. We want to make up for it. S-so… we take sometime away from work." Stuttered Camellia's mom. "What do you think, Camellia? Do you want to spend our day off with us." Asked Camellia's mom.

"Haah… Mom, dad, you guys don't need to make up for my birthday. It is normal for a grown up to not celebrate their birthday. It doesn't matter. I don't mind whether we celebrate my birthday or not. Really. I can just spend it like my other day…" sigh Camellia as she tried to find a suitable way to comfort her parents' guilt. She already knew that it will happen sooner or later. But she really cannot come up with the idea to make her parents' guilt go away. "But I would love to spend the time with the both of you." Continue her again.

"Really? So… don't you dare get bored spending your time with our old asses. Be prepared." Said Camellia mom.

"Yeah. Of course I will spend my time with you guys. You are the reason I am alive and healthy. And you are old. You are still young." Replied Camellia. They all chuckle and have a happy time all the time until the night fall and they bid good night to each other.