"Make sure you call me every day and send as many photos of Gabriel as you can" Alex hugged Tatiana.
"I will"
Patricia moved closer looking at her friend, "Just take care of yourself" she hugged her.
"I will miss you," she said.
Eric hugged her too, "We will miss you"
Steve was holding Gabriel who suddenly woke up, while they were saying goodbye.
"Papa..." he called.
They all turned to him. He turned to look around, " Papa" he called again.
"What's wrong with him, calling his father at this hour" Patricia
"Papa" Gabriel called again.
Tatiana sighed glancing at Steve, " Let's go or we might miss the plane" she said.
She pushed their luggage away, and Steve continued. Gabriel started crying still saying the same thing.
Patricia scowled, "Bestie wait" but Tatiana didn't stop.
Gabriel was pushing Steve away trying to get away, "Papa" he cried.
Tatiana stopped, turning to him. "Give him to me". She took the boy and gently hugged him.
"Gaby, your father couldn't make it. But I promise we will return and see him again, so be a good boy and stop crying". She said.
Gabriel looked up at his mother, "Again" he said, she smiled nodding, "yes, we will see him again"
Patricia and the others watched as they boarded their plane back.
...
"You were there? It's why Gabriel kept calling you" Eric said to Jack.
Jack leaned back in his seat, "I wanted to say goodbye but I knew she didn't want to see me. So I stayed back"
"But Gabriel saw you and started crying. That boy really is your son. He only spent time with you twice but bonded instantly"
Jack sighed, "Will she return?"
"If she does it will be after a long time," Eric said.
"Mom and Dad wanted to see her and Gabriel but could not," he said.
"Until Tatiana is fully okay with coming back here, no one from your family will ever see her or your son again".
"I thought I had a chance of fixing things when I saw her again that day, but she was so cold to me that I felt like a bad guy all over again," he said.
"You are a bad guy Jack and will continue to be even until she willingly forgives you for your past mistakes"
He gazed at his friend, "She looked so different, beautiful and confident but something else was there, something that made me scared to approach her again like the way I used to".
"What do you think was going to happen after she lost everything because of you, of course, she had to change, the pain and anger inside her slowly changed her without even her knowing, that now she's a completely different person"