Chapter 13: The Dinner

They were still waiting for Knight to wake up. Zee said, "What about your deadline Torion?" "Oh I got most of it done then I have to recheck it." "Ok will you make it in time?" "Yeah if I don't it will just be a tad bit off they said it would be fine. I told them about a family emergency." "Oh that's good."

Finally a few Hours past it was around dinner time now. "Hmm. Argh." Knight was waking up. He slowly opened his eyes. When he did he saw Zee Torion and Eva just walk in. "Hey Knight. How are you feeling now?" said Eva. Zee and Torion looked up. They didn't see Eva walk in. "I'm feeling a little dizzy." "OK then lay back down." SO he listened. "Sorry Torion. Looks like I won't make it to dinner." "Its fine. Your health is more important." "Zee You should go with him. Eva will be here with me ok?" "Are you sure Knight?" "Yeah Eva and I have to talk alone about some things." "OK then." So Torion and Zee left.

"Ok so what is it you wanted to tell me at home?" "Well. Sigh. I wanted to tell you at home and I don't want to get you over excited. Plus I wanted to tell Knight at the same time but this is ok too. Just promise me you won't get too excited ok?" I knodded. "OK what is it?" "I'm Pregnant." I had wide eyes. "Are…Are you sure?" "Yes I took a pregnancy test. You said I was more tired lately then that got me thinking so I took one when I first got to work this morning and it was positive. I have an appointment tomorrow to get an ultrasound to see how far I am." "That's great Babe. Little knight finally will have a sibling to protect." "Hehe Yeah." Eva called to tell Uncle Bain the situation. "OK I will keep the little guy for a few more days. I have plenty of stuff here for him don't worry about it." "OK thanks uncle." "No problem."

"OK he said no problem and he has everything he needs." "OK that's good. Sigh." I was feeling so tired. Eva noticed. "Ok get some rest. We will see how you are doing tomorrow ok?" "Yeah." Just when Knight closed his eyes she felt his forehead for a fever. Luckily there wasn't one. She kissed his forehead and ran her fingers through is hair then let him sleep. She finally went home to rest.

2 Days later he was able to go home. They picked up the little guy and told uncle the news. He was excited as well. "Wow congrats kiddo's." "Yes congrats. Its going to be twins huh?" "Yeah according to the ultrasound." "I know it was a shocker to me too when I heard. Luckily it didn't interfere with my health." Zee was there at the time and she heard as well. "So brother. What do you hope they are?" "Well I hope at least one of them is a boy. I wouldn't mind if it's a girl though. As long a they are healthy I don't care." "Good and answer." Said Eva. "Oh yeah I already told Torion I'm going to dinner at his place. He wants Zee to come as well if she is free?" "Yeah I don't work today but Kiran does." "OK that's good." So we went back home.

Hours later it was about time to leave for the dinner. Zee was waiting outside for me. "OK well I'm leaving now. Bye little guy. Help mommy out ok?" "Bye bye Daddy." "Bye little man." I gave him a kiss on the cheek. "Bye Eva." Then I kissed her on the lips. "Bye honey. Be careful ok?" "Yes I will." Then me and my sister left.

On the way there I said, "Hey sis?" "Yeah Knight what's up?" "Well did you go to the dinner that night?" "Yeah I did." "Did you meet his adopted parents?" "Yeah I did. They were quite interesting. Not mean or anything. You will find out when you get there don't worry." "Now I'm worried that you said not to be worried. Well I guess we do have Torion there as well." "Yeah we do."

We finally got to the door and knocked. (Knock Knock) A person who looks like a butler or something answered the door. "They have been expecting you come on in. Welcome Knight." "Thank you sir." Then my sis and I walked in.

"Oh your finally here! Welcome!" said Torion. "Thank you Torion." "Lets go to the table for now and after I can show you around." "Yeah that would be great. Thanks." We sat at the table and I told him about the news of me being a father again. "Wow congrats man. Twins huh? Lucky. I wish I had grown up with siblings. Sight it was so boring." "Hey its all good now. You have us. If you need help at all in the future call me or uncle ok? Even call Eva. We will be willing to help out. WE are family after all." "Yeah thanks."

Once dinner was on the table, someone went to go get Torion's parents. "Oh Torion. Have you called the old man yet?" "Yes I have. Actually I wanted to talk to you about that after dinner in my study if you don't mind? Zee can come too." "OK sure no problem." Then we went quiet as we saw his parents come and join the table. "Ah hello you must be Torion's brother Knight." "Yes sir." "Nice you meet you." "Thank you sir. Excuse me but what would you prefer I call you?" "Oh you can call us mom and dad or Mr. and Mrs. Zoren. "Ok Mr. Zoren. Nice to meet you too. You as well Mrs. Zoren." "I'm sorry its just that my father passed away not that long ago so I can't just call anyone mom and dad yet." "Oh I see I'm sorry." "Its fine."

So they finally took their seat and Mrs. Zoren said, "So Knight. I hear you are an Artist." "Yes I am. I usually bring examples of my work with me. After dinner if you would like to see some I would be happy to show you." "Yes of course I would. So would Mr. Zoren." He just nodded. "Is Mr. Zoren the quiet type?" I asked nervously. "Haha no need to be nervous. He won't eat you. Many people get the wrong impression the first time meeting him. Yes he is I'm more of the talkative kind." "This dinner is delicious." "Yes the cooks here are great." Said Mrs. Zoren. I notice that Mr. Zoren kept staring at me. I decided to ignore it until after dinner. I also had a feeling I have some sort of connection to him. I don't know why I will ask him after dinner. Dinner went well. We all talked and had a good time. I understood what my sis meant about weird.

Finally dinner was done. I got my stuff together and showed Torion's parents my work. "Wow these are good. So life like." "Yeah thanks. Since I was little I've been interested in art instead of sports and all that. But I still rough housed with my sister and gave dad a hard time when we were younger. Haha." "Yeah all kids do." Said Zee. After looking at the pictures, I said, "Do you all mind if I talk to Mr. Zoren here alone for a moment?" "Are you sure Knight? You were afraid of him at first." "Yeah like you said It was just a first impression." "Ok then be careful." "Yeah I will." "Do you have somewhere we can talk privately?" "Yes this way." Said Mr. Zoren.

We went to his office and I sat down and he did too on his desk chair. "So I think you know why I want to talk to you alone." "Yeah I assumed so. I was looking at you at dinner and you looked back at me." "Yeah. So why were you looking at me?" "Sorry about that. You just look so much like your mother." "Wait a minute. You knew my mother?" "Yes I did. Her name was Aria right?" "Yes. It was." "Well there was a time before your mother met your father. I'm sure Corvus told you they met right away. He was wrong. It was me that was with her. Your father had a crush on her. We dated unitil we were in our mid 20's. Then she broke up with me because I worked too much. Have you noticed you look nothing like your father at all? Both you and your sister?" "Yeah. I have noticed that. Every time I asked dad he wouldn't answer us. We kept asking why and he said I am your father." "Haha she would have him say that. Sigh. Well the truth is you both are my birth children. My wife and I didn't have kids because I didn't want any and she knew the situation. Since she wanted a child I let her adopt 1. I ended up lucky it was your half brother. Yes I knew about your mom's affair but we worked through it. Your mom was 17 when she had Torion and 20 when she had you she was 23 when she had Zee." "Yeah I can do the math." "OK well I was just a year older than her. I told your mom not to mention that I was your father. I didn't want them to think I abandoned them. I guess she was true to her word. She didn't want to but I talked her into it." "I see. That explains why I felt a strange connection to you." "Zee looks a lot like myself." "Yeah she does. Almost your twin. I'm sure she noticed." "So I want to apologize for leaving you both behind. I hope one day you will forgive me. I don't expect you to call me dad because you had one that raised you." "I don't know maybe once I stop grieving over the dad that raised me I will call you dad. Zee as well." "I understand. Thank you for listening to me anyway." "Your welcome. Does Torion know?" "Yes I told him at dinner when Zee came over." "I see. What was his reaction?" "Shocked but got excited he had siblings now." "I see. Well thanks for telling me. Don't worry no need for any DNA Zee is proof." "Haha yeah." Then we both left to join the others.

Zee and I went to Torion's study like promised and talked business. "OK Knight so here is the thing. I want 3 family portraits is that ok?" "Yeah sure. So you want one of your adopted parents and the one with your biological family right?" "Yes and the last one of all of your family who are my family too that are left." "Yes of course I can draw that. Is there deadline you want them by?" "No deadline just take your time ok?" "Yes I will."

My sister and I left the house after saying our goodbyes. I was quiet most of the way home and Zee was worried. "Are you ok Knight?" said Zee worried. I was in a daze not hearing anything. Then we finally got to my place.

"Knight we are here. Knight? Are you ok brother?" "Huh sorry I was spacing." "We are at your place now." "Oh thanks sis. I'll see you later." "Night brother." "Night sis and thanks." "Yeah just get some rest." I went in and Eva met me at the door. She must have just put our son to bed. "You ok honey?" Said Eva. "Yeah sorry I'm fine. Its just I knew for a long time dad wasn't my dad because as we got older we knew he wasn't our biological father. He wouldn't say anything. Torian's father is my biological father." "No way. Are you serious?" "Yes deadly serious. He said I looked like my mother. He even knew her name. Zee looks Identical to him so no need for a DNA Test needed. He wants me to forgive him for abandoning us I didn't give him an answer but I told him it would be awhile for us to call him dad since we had a dad that recently passed. He understood. Zee already knew from the last meeting without him telling her. She wasn't shocked at all. I was quiet the walk home with my sister about it so she doesn't know that is why I was quiet. Mom dated dad after Mr. Zoren. She dated him in school until she was 23. She didn't spend very much time with him before she passed. Zee was still a baby." "I'm sorry honey. Are you going to be ok?" "Yeah I'll be fine. I just wanted to tell you. How are you feeling?" "Fine for now. Just a little tired." "That's good. We should both get some sleep." So we went to bed cuddled up and went to sleep.

The next morning I was allowed to go back to work. My plan was to finish the first picture of Torion. Now that I know what they look like now I can finish it. So I sat down and finally finished the first picture and was proud of it. Now I have to write on it. I wrote down what I thought of the family then signed my name it was officially done. Now I am going to start drawing him with us mom and dad. Although I can only draw mom by picture. Luckily I have a picture of mom at the age before she died. I knew I wasn't going to be able to finish today but I drew Torion first. Then I drew my sister. It was getting late and almost closing time. I put the one I finished in my drawer at work.

"Ok Boss I'm Leaving." "Ok see you tomorrow." "Hang on a minute Knight!" said one of his co-workers. "Hey Talia what's up?" "I heard what happened. I'm glad your ok now." "Oh that yeah thanks. Since I was little I've been having dizzy spells. Looks like even the medicine isn't helping anymore. We will find ways though. It won't stop them it just limits them." "I see. Well again I'm glad your back. My brother is too." "Yeah tell him thanks for me." "Sure I will." Then I left for uncles.

I picked up my son and headed home. Not long after Eva got home. "Hey honey how was work?" "It was good. I finished the one picure I was working on for Torion. Now I have 2 more. I started doing the second one. He wants me to do 3 the last one is of all of us. That includes Me you and the baby of course." "Aww so sweet. I'm glad." "I'd like to see them before Torion if you don't mind." "Yeah of course."

The next 3 days I finally finished Torion's drawings. I would give them to him the next day. It was time to go home now. I took the drawings home with me so I cold show Eva. I hid the pictures in my study and collapsed on the bed after putting my son in the play pen in our room. "Dada ok?" "Yes I'm ok little man. Daddy's just a little tired from work." I kissed my sons head. I heard the door open but I didn't have the energy to get up. "Hey honey are you ok? You look tired."