Chapter 273
What could be said no one knew Teresa better than he did, even her husband Ken knows nothing about her. His love for his girl could not be measured. Immediately after her birth he was left as the only parent to take care of her because his dear wife went into a deep sleep which took Hundreds of years in the heavenly realm. There is a saying which goes like this ‘ a man who loves his wife at a hundred percent would love his children even more but it would not be quantified to how much he loved his wife’.
He was both parent to his little girl when she was born, he did the job of both a mother and also played his role as a father as well. Things were just getting more interesting, her first speech, and her first ability to walk and all that he witnessed first-hand. He had taught his daughter everything he knew and become so protective of her. Even Ken’s proposal for marriage took him years to think about it, it took a hundred years to digest the thought of accepting.
This is how much he loves his daughter and not only he knew this the whole world and even nature itself was aware. If anyone knew what his daughter faced without her mother, it was him. Surviving without a mother was a pain nobody could understand, except if he or she faced the same pain himself. He could remember those memories, his little girl would pay her sleeping mother a visit everyday. Because of her mother she learned to talk and read quickly so she could read her stories and talk about a lot of things with her. It was already very evident of how much she loves and cares for her mother. And he felt sorry for his wife, she had missed a lot in their child's life. That was why when he had read Selom's pulse the first time he felt contradicting, in her pulse, her veins had so many kinds of energy running through them and they were far different from her own energy. Since such a fate did not befall his daughter Teresa while she had Selom, then it was likely that Selom would be the victim just like his wife and he didn't want that to happen. The herbs needed for her treatment was one of the rarest herbs in both the heavenly realm and the demon realm as well. She needed both herbs, they would help strike a balance.
He didn’t just come to the human realm based on seclusion alone; there were many things he had for seen long before time. And all he has ever done was for the benefit of his daughter and even Teresa was not aware of this.
Walking towards her after placing a kiss on her forehead, he hugs her as well. Every one sighed with relief as the saw him.
“Darling, breaking her legs wouldn’t be such a bad thing. She deserves it” The Old man said giving Beatrice piercing glares. This left the others dumbfounded. Now Beatrice felt Clara’s moral lectures was just for nothing, if she said she was a very bad parent just because she loved her kids to have fun doing whatever it is whether good or bad; then that was an understatement, because the old man before her was far worst and terrible. She felt the word ‘worst and terrible’ were inferior to his personality.
(smirks)”What a way to greet your second child Dad, She almost killed all of us here” Beatrice said with a frown
“If she did, then it means you all deserved it” He said smiling, his daughter didn’t turn evil, she was just having fun and it has been years he had actually seen her this carefree. He had actually thought the war which happened in the heavenly realm had made his daughter too forceful and cold.
Everyone was speechless with the old man words; the room was as hot as hell and all he could say was they deserved it? What a joke! “And I don’t look like your father do i? I don’t remember having two children. I gave birth to only one and here she is standing.” The old man said pointing at Teresa
(Laughing) “Old man, you are my father with or without my permission, I am the only one who gets too decided."she said with a smile. If there's anyone who knows how to get on the old man's nerve, it was her. Ever since she was little, she had been on his neck ever since and he was always helpless around her.
This rendered the old man speechless, it sounded more like kidnapping to him.
" Come let your daughter give you a hug” Beatrice said opening up her arms, but looking at Teresa’s condition, she changed her mind. Teresa was still looking very scary, and the way the old man was acting it seems he has no problem with it. They all felt like he wasn’t here to help rather he was here to add more fuel to the fire. Who knows? He could abandon them and disappear.
Teresa could see the look on Beatrice's face and she could already tell what she was thinking. She held her laughter in for a greater cause.
“You better not, are your parents not still alive? I wonder why some daughters are so difficult, after getting married they forget all about their parents” he said with a frown
Teresa hearing this couldn’t control her laughter at all, she had tried hard enough but what was she expecting with such a statement from him?; Her father really had a beef with such an attitude, he had made it very difficult for her when she was about getting married just because he was afraid she would forget all about him after marriage and focus on Ken alone.
The aura around her still existed. “Oh Dad, just let Beatrice be okay?” she said hugging the old man’s arm like a small child. Teresa had a special kind of love for the old man, though they were father and daughter but they were more connected like the shared one soul.
Seeing her hug the old man, they felt Teresa was better now but Beatrice still felt she had some Evil around her “Dad, is she okay now?” Beatrice said looking at the old man and then at Teresa. She would pester Him to death if he continues to deny being her father.
The old man was left without a choice, he could clearly read her thoughts and he also read the last part of pestering him to death. His glares were no longer working on her, because the more he glares, the bolder she becomes. “The last I saw you was during your delivery. After Roselle was born, you were responsible at first but later change during the child birth and after that, you become so careless and how it happened you couldn’t even raise your child properly without my help. So I don’t think I could be the father of an not filial child” he said sounding disappointed
“Thanks alot Dad, for all your care on the children but that's not what I had asked you dad, I just asked if Teresa is okay now, she's all I care about” Beatrice said smiling at him broadly. She kept repeating the word 'Dad' like a child who just walked out of an orphanage home and was adopted by a man who claims to be the child's dad after 15 good years of staying there. From the Orphanage to his new home, it would be surprising to know that the child had said the word 'Dad' fifty times in less than a second.
“My little girl is far okay than you are and more responsible” the old man replied, rubbing Teresa's back gentily. Now Ken was getting in mlre trouble, he had handed his daughter over to him and where was he now? She was all he has now and he would die protecting her if he has to.
Hearing this everyone in the room became calmer . There has never been a case where the old man would tell a lie, he was always very straightforward and truthful as well “What’s up with you? You scared the hell out of us “Beatrice said with a frown
(Laughing) “What were you guys thinking? That I have turned evil? (laughs) you guys need a fresh kind of mindset my father’s blood is so pure that even if I dine, drink, swim and eat inside a pool of evil I still would not be contaminated” Teresa said proudly after all she had executed her plans and had scare the hell out of them, she felt much more alive.
(Smirks) "That wasn't the case when you looked and laughed like one. You sounded more like the devil's apprentice" Beatrice caused
"The Devil has no apprentice and if he had one you would be suited for the Job" The Old man chipped in.
"Dad,,, you're so unfair. Why are you always on her side" Beatrice said prouting like a child. She missed her childhood days when she would drag the old man's beard and hair and she would get away with it.
"That's because she's my daughter. That's a clear fact, and you're not. It seems you have to go and look for your own Father and stop rubbing a meaning less responsibility on me"
(Laughing) "Oh Dad, you are really something. When you came at first you didn't talk much but having Beatrice around you've said more than a million words in less than a minute " Teresa said with a smile. All the people in the room except for Steve could testify to this, when the old man came earlier he was as mute as a grave yard but on Beatrice's return he became a talkative.
Looking at Roselle and Steve who were still immobile, she felt helpless; she wanted her acting to feel so real that she had to touch her own children. She shouldn't have gotten them involved in all this. Surprised with the word “Children”? Don’t be, each of these women believes all the children were collectively theirs. 'You don't have to birth a child before he or she gets to call you mom' this is the truth, some bonds between parents makes the bond between children stronger.
In such a way that, Teresa would treat Lylic, Roselle and Steve just exactly the same way she would treat and care for her own daughter Selom. Clara, Beatrice and Tina would also do the same. The bond between them is just as strong as the bond between blood sisters. Elyrex who was still in his hideout was stupefied the statement Teresa just made was the same sentence the old man had said to him. Blood was indeed far stronger and thicker than water. Just the scene he was experiencing made him miss his family. He wasn’t ready yet, this is because he had too many secrets to unfold. But he had promised himself that he was going to do more good to wipe off the evill he had did in the past then after all this his mind would be cleared and then he could come out plainly.
Bending down a little she immediate used a reverse acupoint technique, “sorry darlings, I must have gotten you all real good” she said with a smile, hitting their acupoints. After a few seconds they were back on their feet and for the first time ever, Roselle hugged Teresa tightly with tears st6reaming down her face. This was like a shock to everyone present in the room “Mom, you scared the hell out of me, I was so worried “Roselle said hugging her tightly
“How weird, the last time you cried in my presence was when I delivered you as a baby. How unfair” Beatrice could not help but complain. But the truth being told, she wasn’t jealous at all “Her child was the same as Teresa’s child. That was why even in the heavenly realm the old man was more like her father as well.
“Sorry darling, I must have scared you, I am sorry. It won’t happen again”Teresa said sounding depressed. If Roselle state was as bad as this, she wondered how Selom and Lylic sate would be. It seems she took this act beyond board. Steve on the other hand was quiet, he was a man and acting like one is his responsibility, they were really very sacred. Teresa looked at her family with a pleading look, she was indeed sorry for the act. Surprisingly, Lylic, Selom, Clara and Beatrice held nothing against her but she still had to apologize “I am sorry” she said loudly, she still had Roselle in her arms; she was surprisingly clingy and was behaving just like Lylic would. It seems she had tempered with Roselle’s bottom line, Roselle’s was the strongest in the sense that she had the strongest type of personality, she was the coldest. Ever since they were little, Roselle had taken up the responsibility of being the eldest even though she was the same age as Lylic and Selom. Even when the relationship between the girls became sore, none of them intervene. This was the best decision, she, Beatrice and Tine made, they got apart on their own, so they would get back together on their own as well. Sometimes when love moves very smoothly without any problems or argument then that love has not being refined at all. There had to be some issues this way they would know each of their bottom line and also the ability to tolerate themselves. Most of all, they would have a better understanding of themselves. Even with the sore relationship between the three girls, Teresa still cared for Roselle and Lylic and Beatrice did the same. Beatrice would travel outside the country just to pay her goddaughter a visit. This was the law of nature, if the feud were between the parents; it shouldn’t be extended to the children and vice versa.
“You don’t need to apologies we had a lot of fun “Beatrice replied with a smile
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“Beatrice, if I had my way I would make you bald” Clara threatened
“I would love that” the old man said smiling
“She would still be beautiful” Elyrex said coming out of the shadows
Turning over to look at him, Beatrice was surprised “Old bones, you are still alive?” she asked
“Sorry to disappoint you dear, I am very much alive”
(Scoffs) “Indeed, I am disappointed; I never expected such an outcome. But what did you do to your face? What happened to your real face?”
“How nice for you to notice, I just decided to have a new look”
Looking over to her children she had a cunny look on her face “I poisoned him as well” she said proudly
(Laughing) “She really did” he admitted
“Dad, we have something we would like to talk to you about” Teresa said, by this time, she was sitting on the bed with Roselle curled up like a ball lying on her thigh while she smoothen her hair. “Go on” the old man responded
“It’s Steve Dad, he can read out thoughts but not the thoughts of humans. How could this be possible, reading our thoughts consumes more energy compared to those for humans, what's happening?” Beatrice was the one who spoke out.