Chapter 119

**Acacia Point of View**

"Your what?"

"My father." Viva choked on what she was drinking and almost went breathless for more than a minute.

Her eyes went so wide when staring at me that a perspective mind can already see the nerves behind the eyeballs.

However, her exaggerated expressions did not end there. She clicked her tongue and dozen times to feel the pain to believe that what she heard was right and real.

"So that's why," She spoke slowly as she calmed down and looked at me thoughtfully.

"That's why I behaved oddly the other day in the meeting with Thunders' CFO?" I asked. She nodded first then shook her head then nodded again.

"Yes that too. But I was more surprised about how Igses is rather close to Mr. Winters and his family and how Mr. Winters is always so focused on Igses." She said as if she was calculating something.

"Dad loves kids a lot. It's not just dad but our whole family loves them." I shrugged.

"No, Dawn, what I meant is, Mr. Marcus was a bit solely interested in Igses. Until now, I thought it was because of Igses' cuteness the mystical charm he has around him but now I think otherwise." Now, this caught my attention.

Aviva is the only person I share all my thoughts and secrets with and she is the only person who knows everything about me. Now that she said that my dad's interest Igses might be due some other reason, I gave it a genuine thought.

Because, Aviva has the most observant person I've ever known. Although my talent in Architecture is stronger, her observant and decision making skills are top notch.

If she said something, then be it true or not, it deserves a careful thought.

"Viva, you know that my family, friends and in fact this whole world forgot about me. What reason might be for my dad get close to Igses?" I'm sure there's none who remembers me till this date.

Viva pondered on it for a while and I quietly sat there waiting for her to speak. "Are you really sure they don't have any memories of you, now?"

"Wouldn't the first thing they do after getting back their memories would be coming to me and asking what happened?" Although what I said makes sense and true, my past few encounters with dad, mom and Liam made me get a little suspicious.

They don't have any memories of me, but the way they behaved like I was their own daughter was indeed a little strange.

I mean, I am their daughter really, they remember or not, but they were never the kind who get close to just anyone.

My family, including me, love our private space. We are humble, friendly with everyone and kind but we don't just allow anyone into our home and our private space. Our home is sacred to us that we cherish a lot.

Dad, mom and Liam not only allowed Igses to their home, they are also acting as guardians in my absence. If it was someone else, then I would've scolded Igses for trusting strangers but since it's my own family, I didn't bother much.

However, the matter of allowing him and me into their home is weird.

"Say, what if they do remember you but didn't reveal it due to some other reasons?" My heart stopped for a moment before I realized what Viva said might not be possible.

"Then what about my classmates and friends? In that case, they should've done something like looking for me or at least in case they think I died, they must've at least taken to social media to express their grief or something." I and my best friends were like peas in a pod, if they remember me back then on the account of their misunderstanding about me drowning in the sea, they should take it to their social media.

"What you said makes sense but what happened with you in the past is not in the perimeter of common sense, right? Forget about your friends but I seriously think your family's behavior towards you is different."

True that!

"You think they know me?" I asked, a little apprehensive, a little happy and yet a little worried.

Viva looked at me seriously and nodded without any hesitation. "For now, there are three obscure possibilities. One, they remember everything, they show it or not. Two, they don't remember but they somehow know the relation between you and them. Three, like they say blood calls out for blood, your meeting with them is truly a coincidence and their interest in you and Igses might be a part of it as well."

Obscure, undeniably!

But, her three theories do have some weight. Although the weight of coincidence is more, I still don't believe in such a sudden coincidence.

If I put the theory of coincidence aside, the other two are truly vague ideas however, whatever I saw and experienced in that world told me otherwise.

If I didn't experience something supernatural, I would've truly gone with the coincidence theory.

"Putting aside the coincidence aside, if they remember you, why are they trying to get close to you and Igses in such a way without telling you the truth? If they don't remember and still know about you, then how would they know about you?" As if reading my mind, she said exactly what I was wondering.

But what scared me the most was the second theory. How would they know about me if they have no memories of me?

Of all the possibilities related to that theory, one that scared me the most was -"

"Do you think -" A shiver went down my spine and a storm was going on in the pit of my stomach.

Viva hugged me tightly and patted my back, "We don't know yet what was happening so don't get to any conclusions. Remember Dawn, you will not go to that hellish place again. I will not let it happen."

As warm and assured I felt by her words, I cannot erase the terrifying idea of him -

No, he can't be here. It can't be the case.

But what if -

"Something is not right. I can feel it, Viva." My hands shivered. I looked at Viva and kept on telling her that something was not right.

"Calm down, Dawn. F**king calm down." No matter what she said, it did not enter my ears. My mental breakdown is getter better of me and all the emotions that I worked so hard on to bury inside me in some dark corner started to come out one after the other.

"Dawn, Dawn, listen to me, the meeting between you and your family might really be a coincidence. If not, they the matter about them possibly knowing who you are despite of lack of memories might have a simple reason that does not include - him. It can't be that he himself will go to them and tell them the truth, can that happen?" I looked blankly at her and when her words started to register in my head, I slowly mulled over what she said.

It can't be that he himself will go to them and tell them the truth, can that happen?

Likely not!

"It doesn't have to be the exact case. But what if he is going to come here? Or what if he is already " This, Viva has no answer for.

And I know as much as she wanted to convince me about the zero possibility, she also knew what I said made sense.

And the anxiety from before came back. What if he is coming here?

Something is definitely wrong here. It makes sense now; the often feeling of being watched that I casually brushed off; it might be -

Is he here already?

Not he can't be. I was slowly but finally leaving that horrible past behind. He can't be here now!

Not now of all times!

What if he uses his powers to take me and Igses away, back to his world? I will have to lose everything again.

I will have to suffer again and with Igses in between will also suffer.

The way I escaped from there, what if he comes at me for revenge? Will I be imprisoned in the lonely empty castle again?

No, no, please God, don't let that be the case.

Anxiety attacked me to its full capacity and all sorts of possible and impossible ideas started to fill my mind. As those ideas expanded, my breath became heavier.

Viva was trying calm me down but by now I started to forget where I was and who was with me. I was slowly drowning into my own anxiety world.

My hands and feet are cold but my forehead produced beads of sweat. My heart beat was ringing in my ears and it was beating very fast.

The breathlessness was making me dizzy and so my eyes started to get blurry. I was about to go unconscious when I suddenly my mind and heart was not chaotic anymore. I was slowly calming down and realizing my surroundings again.

It was only after several minutes after then that I understood that my head was hugged by someone and the hands are petting my head softly.

"Shh, mamma, you are alright. Calm down. I'm here, don't worry."

That voice, those words, that small body and little arms finally calmed me completely.

Igses is here.

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Hello Sweeties,

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