A MEET UP

They entered Harry's room, Harry was sitting on the bed and he was crying bitterly, Alayah ran towards him and hug him, and asked, "Harry, what happened? Did you again see any nightmare?" but Harry kept on crying.

"Harry we are with you, my dear", Alayah tried to calm him, and Aaron was just stuck near the door, he just didn't know how to calm Harry.

"Alayah, I am missing my mom", Harry said and started crying again. "Uncle", Harry cried. Aaron rushed towards his bed, where Alayah sat on the left side and Aaron on the right, with Harry seated in the space in between. Aaron didn't say anything but just sat there, he kisses Harry's forehead, and Harry hug him and again started crying. Alayah was unable to control her emotions after seeing Harry in such a state; Aaron looked at her, and she looked back with helpless eyes.

After a while they were able to calm Harry, Aaron stood up to leave and asked Alayah to come but she said then she will come after a while.

AT AARON'S HOUSE (MORNING):

Aaron woke up and got ready, he was in a habit of seeing Harry before leaving for the office, he opened the door of Harry's room, and Alayah was sleeping beside Harry, he looked at Harry, and then at Alayah and he just kept on looking at her. Alayah turned her side and Aaron thought he might not wake her up so he left the room.

Instead of going to the office, Aaron decided to go to the hospital to see his mother.

AT THE HOSPITAL:

Aaron went there, a nurse was feeding his mother with the help of a spoon and she was not saying anything it seemed like she is physically present there but mentally she was somewhere else. The doctor came and Aaron asked, "Doctor how is she?"

"Physically she is fine but she is disturbed and she is not helping us to cure her mental state, she is not corporative at all, she doesn't speak at all", the doctor said with disappointment.

"How can I help you, doctor?" Aaron asked.

"I just want you to visit your mother regularly, it is good for her", the doctor said.

"Can I talk to her?" Aaron asked.

"Of course," the doctor said. And Aaron walked towards his mother, "welcome, Mr. Aaron", the nurse said and left the place.

Aaron sat with her mom, "Mom, how are you? Are you fine?" Aaron asked, his mother looked at him but didn't reply, Aaron held his mother's hand, and said, "Mom, you will be fine, we will go through this together, once you feel better, I will bring Harry here, you will see him, he is fine now, he is accepting the reality and we should do the same."

Mrs. Lincoln said nothing, "Mother, please listen to the doctors, the people on the farm call me daily just to know about your health, mom they miss you, don't you miss them?" Aaron said and a tear fell from Mrs. Lincoln's eye.

"Mom, now I need to go, but you can call me any time", Aaron said and stood up to leave.

AT THE ROAD:

Erik was on his way; Walter was driving the car and Erik was sitting in the back seat. He received a call from Elin.

"Hey, Mr. Erik", Elin said while standing at the bus stop with other six to seven people around her, who were waiting for the bus.

"Only Erik", he replied.

"Ha-ha okay I just called to remind you that we are going to meet today", Elin said.

"Of course, I know, I can come to pick you up if you give me the address of your fashion house", Erik said.

"No, no, I mean, I am not at my workplace, I went for the shopping so just send me the location, and my driver will drop me off", Elin said and the woman standing with her started staring at her.

After half an hour, they both were sitting in a restaurant, from Elin's dressing it seemed as If she is wearing a designer dress.

"So, Ms. Elin, what would you like to eat?" Erik asked. Elin looked at the menu and then at Erik, she didn't even know the name of those dishes, so she said, "I want you to order".

"Is that so? Sure, let me", Erik said and placed the order.

"You designed this dress too?" Erik asked.

"Yes, I did", she replied.

"It looks gorgeous, are you just an expert in stitching summer dresses or winter too?" Erik asked.

"Honestly, I am a summer person, I don't like winter, you need to wear socks, gloves, caps, etc. so I don't like wearing this much stuff, as far as summer is concerned thirty, thirty-five degrees say nothing to me I just enjoy", Elin exaggerated.

"Well, it means it is your season", Erik said with a smile.

"Yes", she replied.

"So, what are your weekend plans?" Erik asked.

"Well, nothing I mean I have not decided yet", she said.

"How did you spend your last weekend?" Erik asked and Elin started thinking that how she spend a weekend, all she could remember were her fights with Luna, and that's it that was how she used to spend her weekend, but Erik was asking with such interest, Elin thought about giving him a wonderful answer then she remembered Luna's tour to Egypt and she replied.

"Well last weekend, I went to Egypt", she said with confidence.

"Really? That is great, but Egypt for just one day?" Erik asked with a shocked face.

"No, I mean, not for one day, it was off for one week, so… I mean that is why", Elin said.

"That is great, what were the places you visited?", Erik asked and Elin regretted and tried to remember what Luna said about her Egypt tour.

"Well, I stayed in Cairo and saw the pyramids of Giza, and of course, the Great Sphinx was really great ha-ha", Elin said and laughed at her nonsense.

"You are hilarious, tell me more about that country", Erik said while laughing.

"I even visited the museum", Elin said and thought that every country has museums so it will be fine to say so.

"Oh, what one?" Erik asked.

"Well, the Egyptian Museum", Erik said with confidence.

"Oh, you saw that? I am impressed to know that a fashion house owner had such interests", Erik said, "What about this weekend?" he asked.

"I am thinking about visiting Sri Lanka", Elin exaggerated.

"Why there?" Erik asked.

"Well, I went there last year and their hospitality was just amazing, I loved their spicy food, and tried a lot of fruits which I have even never seen before, and I attended a series of festivals too", Elin said, these were the things that Luna used to tell Alayah, and she tends to ignore her.

"If you want, let's go together", Erik said, and Elin tried to smile, and soon her smile converted into a laugh, she just kept on laughing and Erik was confused, and was just smiling.

"Sure, why not, but… I mean actually, I go on such tours from work, and with some employees of course, and usually, the summer remains busy, so let's see what happens, I can't promise but let's see", Elin replied.

"Okay, okay, I am getting your point", Erik said, "so do you like riding a horse?" Erik asked again.

"Yes, I… I do like it", Elin said.

"I tried to ride but the boots, the lessons, all that stuff was so boring so I quit", Erik said.

"Yes same", Elin said.

"Elin, I observed that we are of the same mind", Erik said.

"Yes, it is", Elin said.

The waiter came with the food, he served the food, and they ate it.

Elin stood up to leave, when Erik said, "the dessert is on the way."

"No, next time, I need to go, I mean the employees don't work well when I am not around", Elin said.

"Okay I will drop you, and on our way, we will talk, I love to listen to you", Erik said.

"Well, ok", Elin said with a confused face.

They headed towards the parking, where Walter was waiting for them. They sat in the back seat. On the way, Erik said, "I think you are a tough boss."

"Well yes, it is so, I mean I go on time and leave on time, and that is what I demand from my employees too, if the owner is working hard, the employees should work hard too", Elin said.

"Well, today I am busy but I assure you that I would love to visit your fashion house personally, I want to see the management because it sounds interesting", Erik said.

"Yes… I mean of course", she replied and Walter looked at her from the driving mirror.

"But… the fact is... I don't allow my employees to call any guest, so if you came, they might demand the same", Elin said.

"Oh, I understand this, so this is lesson number one for today", Erik said with a smile.

"Yes", Elin said and laughed for no reason.

"Ms. Elin, should I go right or should I go straight?" Walter asked while driving.

"Straight?" Elin whispered and looked around. "No just drop me here, I will go", she added.

"Why can't we drop you to your fashion house? Or is this about privacy? Or do you think I am a spy who will steal all your designs?" Erik asked, and Elin started laughing again.

"Come on, Erik, I am in a habit of jogging in the morning, so I would walk, and honestly I don't want to disturb you", Elin said.

"You are not, but if you feel comfortable like this, we can drop you wherever you want", Erik said with a smile.

"Thank you and take care of yourself", Elin said.