Chapter 107

**Tzalmon Point of View**

My eyes ran over the person in the photograph, looking so beautiful and carefree. A small smile was present on her lips that can enchant anyone or anything.

In the current picture, she was wearing a knee length gown with floral design on it. She was standing on a bridge with a beautiful background and what was more beautiful was the person who was shining in the picture.

Over tens of pictures that were sent to me by Azar and the men he hired for the job, all the pictures were taken candidly from the porch of her house to her workplace to all the places she went to, in a matter of four days, Azar was able to gather most of the information about Eblilis and Igses.

Igses, my son.

That four year old boy looks a perfect mix of me and his mother. So handsome like me and too adorable just like his mother.

I scrolled to the next picture in which Eblilis and Igses were walking hand in hand in front of Darwin school. There are few pictures of my son outside the gates of his school with few of his friends.

Moving on to the document that Azar mailed me, I finally know what 'ID' in ID Designs mean. ID stands for Igses Dawn, named after our son and the person who owns the firm is Eblilis.

Azar still couldn't find how these past four years went for her but looking at the firm she established, especially - especially when her whole identity was wiped out, there was no doubt every day, every minute was like walking on thorns for her.

The amount of pain she must've felt all these years, thinking about it, my heart felt like it was pierced with thousands of needles.

But then again, she must've endured a lot more than this, didn't she? She was all alone with a child in her arms, with no one to support her, no money, no shelter, no food and no family.

This little bit of pain in my heart, what is it even when compared to what she went through?

Thinking back to the initial days when I and my team came to this world with no idea of how this world works in this era, we also faced several challenges however, I still had my subordinates and they still have me and each other.

I closed my eyes and a small tear fell from one of my eyes and this is seventh time in the past four days that my eyes moistened to this extent. I don't know what I should do to fix the relation between us.

The situation with her identity, I will surely find a way to break the restrictions and undo the magic I did back then. But what about the relationship between me and her?

Even if one day she forgave me for what happened in back in the kingdom, she would never forgive me for what I did to her connections with her family and friends.

She would not forgive nor forget what she had to endure and what my son had to go through because I was Jerk head who was heartless and senseless with her all this time.

Will things between us ever turn for better?

Will it ever happen?

The trail of my thoughts became more melancholic and a thread of alertness started to knot.

"Mr. Ebernus, I thank you for the good wine. Please take a seat. Mr. Eelk, please;" My trance was broken by the firm voice that belongs to Mr. Marcus Winters.

I nodded curtly and smiled a bit halfheartedly and took a seat on the couch, sitting opposite to Mr. Ebernus. Eelk sat beside me while Liam and Mrs. Winters took their seats beside Mr. Winters.

This is the first time I walked into Winters house and to describe it in one word, it was 'homely'. The establishment is not too big nor it was filled with expensive decorative properties but it was squeaky clean, maintained well and the traces of happy family can be seen in every inch of the residence.

These four days, I looked for opportunities to make acquaintances with the Winters family members which turned out well.

I stumbled upon Mrs. Winters in a departmental store once, bumped into Liam one more time in a sports stadium and met Mr. Winters in the bank to get the information about the scope of business opportunities and the banking services that they provide for them.

Although it was only an excuse to make myself familiar with him, the more we talked, the more ideas formed in my mind on how I can bring Eblilis close to her family and how I can get close to them.

Mr. Winters is a balanced and a wise person with a stable temperament, very much to my taste. So we became familiar with each other just right and after meeting for a couple of times and chatting with each other for hours, he invited me to his house on a weekend dinner that the family enjoy on every Saturday night.

"How are you doing Liam?" I asked, looking straight at him. He just replied with a nod and a simple 'fine'.

"Marcus said you new to the city and it's your first time here. How do you like it, Mr. Ebernus." Mrs. Winters asked with a motherly smile.

"That's right, Mrs. Winters. It's a beautiful and a calm city. And please call me Tzalmon."

"Dinner is ready. How about we chat there before the food gets cold?" And so she led us to the small dining table and soon scrumptious food was served.

Food was amazing and simply finger licking. Even Eelk who was silent couldn't help but sing praises about the food. It was that delicious.

"So you have decided to start a lakeside resort here?" Mr. Winters inquired.

"Only still thinking so but yet to decide. I still need to investigate more about the current corporate market before making a firm decision."

"That's good too. So the gym and martial arts business you are in, why did you start that of all the options you have out there." He asked casually. It was then that Liam, who was eating silently heard his father and his eyes brightened suddenly.

"You have a physical training academy?" He asked, now looking quite interested in the topic suddenly.

"Yes."

"Then do you teach... only martial arts or other physical training activities too?" He bent a little forward on the table and asked eagerly.

I raised a brow and bit back my smile looking at his eagerness.

"It depends. We have a well equipped high-end gym and now provide martial arts services as well." Hearing me, he looked a little down. "However, we have a few policemen and sportspeople enrolled in the academy." I continued knowing too well that this boy here is training in Archery and aspires to win in Olympics in coming future.

"Oh." He brightened up a little but said nothing more. I smiled to myself and turned to Mr. Winters to answer him.

"I realized that people, rich or poor, young or old, male or female, everyone likes to keep themselves fit and healthy. Not only that, learning any one type of defense arts is becoming more trendy these days so since we have the concerned skill, we just went with it."

"Enough about business. Tzalmon, weren't you looking for your wife? How did you meet her? Is it something romantic?" Mrs. Winters asked looking quite excited.

My smile went down and a frown took over my features. This is something that both I can and cannot share it with them.

"That's right, Mr. Ebernus, I want to know that as well. However, I first want to know something else." Mr. Winters wiped his lips with his napkin and leaned back in the chair as he gave me an inquisitive stare.

I hesitated for a moment before nodding my head. He sighed and took few second to stare at me before opening his mouth. "Then please tell me why you have been trying to build friendship with my family."

I was stunned at his question. Although my attempts to get close to them is obvious, I did not think that he would question me about it so directly and so soon.

Before I answer him with anything, Mr. Winters narrowed his eyes at me and continued with his questioning.

"I've already said that the lady you were looking for is not from my family. Then what could be the reason behind for you to get close to my family?"

"You must've mistaken -" Eelk started to talk with an awkward chuckle but was cut off by Mr. Winters with a simple wave of his hand.

"It's not a mistake, Mr. Eelk. I'm not stupid. I could tell you mean no harm to my family and have no ill intentions towards us. However, it's also true that you approached us with an ulterior motive." He paused for a moment, "What is that?"

I stared at him straight and did not speak for a while. Making my decision, I gave him a brave front;

"Acacia Dawn Winters, my wife, is really your daughter by blood and flesh."

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