Not the same for her.

I raised Diane up and she stared at me like she was scared of me punishing her "Please don't punish her, she just got caught up with the beauty of this place" he said and she was surprised, did she expect much more? Did she wish he had said something more than that? She herself was confused.

Maybe she had wished he had called her by her name first or, no ! She must have gone insane, she didn't need his greetings " I won't " she replied and she held her by the hand and dragged her away, she was

angry, but she had no idea of the reason.

She hated him, she had always hated him and that must be the reason behind her anger, definitely the reason behind her anger, Diane stopped in her tracks which forced her to look at her and the anger subsided.

"What were you thinking, running around this big building, what if you got lost? what if you got kidnapped? what if ..

Do you know what could have happened to you? " She said and tears rolled down her eyes freely

" Mom, I'm sorry " her daughter said and she dropped her hand " Don't let strangers touch you anyhow, this world is bigger than you can imagine, please think about mommy before Making any rash decision " she said.

"I'm sorry mom " Diane apologized looking glum and Mary felt guilty, this was the first time she was scolding her daughter this much, majorly because they rarely went to a big place, but still her daughter must have been shocked and she was to blame.

"I'm sorry, honey " she said and she pulled her daughter into an hug when she realized that she was in tears already. Mary cleaned her eyes and cleaned her daughters "I'm sorry for shouting at you, would you forgive me?" She asked " Yes mommy " Diane responded and she hugged her daughter again.

She can't believe she just transferred her aggressions to her daughter , she must have been out of her mind "Mom, our luggage are behind us " she said and he was bringing It to her, he carried them and walked towards her and her daughter .

"You forgot this " he said and she collected the bag from him "Thank you " she said and she turned to her daughter and held her by the hand before heading towards the search area.

"Mom, do you know him ?" Diane asked her "What made you ask that ?" She answered "well ..he looked at you like he knew you before " Diane said and she's actually surprised that her daughter caught on that .

"i do actually " she didn't want to admit to it but she hated lying to her daughter "where did you know him ,I've never met him before " she said "i don't feel like talking about it actually and yes, you've never met him before " she said and her daughter didn't talk about it again.

She loves her daughter, she always make everything easy for her and she's pleased and grateful for that .

******

Mike opened the door to the house and he dropped his luggages on the bed , before sitting down on the bed, he saw Mary at the airport and he could not do anything, try to catch up or even call her by the name, he just had to pretend like he didn't recognize her.

Whenever he remembered the way she chased him out of her house that day, he just couldn't help that sadness that always settled in him. He had always loved her and wouldn't lie that he stopped loving her because he still wanted her back.

He was indeed a coward, he couldn't say a word when she left with her sister.

If he remembered clearly, Mary was an only child, so... who could have been the girl with her?

Perhaps she had a cousin or a family member he wasn't aware of? Or she could have adopted since she had always been kind but that was the least on his mind honestly.

She had gotten more beautiful and her look still drove him crazy, he wouldn't lie about the urge he had to hold her face in his arms, locking eyes with her and just to adore her, but they weren't in good terms enough to do that, he wished there was a way to end all this feud between them but there was Really nothing he can think off.

He had tried to settle it years back but as always he had failed and now, he had given up, there was no more chance anymore.

He fell on the bed and his phone rang, he picked it and it was his boss "Hello !" He said "I got there already "he said " I'll have fun, okay ?" He said "I'm definitely not doing that " he said again "It's beautiful" he responded again.

The door bell rang "I'll call back, I have a visitor " he said " okay, bye " he said and walked to the door, he opened the door and it was a young lady standing in front of him .

"What can I do for you ?" He asked " I actually came to tell you that I'm here for you guys, if you need any help, like ...get something, visit some place or any other thing, just give me a call " she said and he was surprised.

"Okay, input your digits then " he said and she collected his phone with eager eyes, catching several glimpse of him, making him feel uncomfortable,' Is she really here for that?' ,he almost asked her.

She gave him back the phone and he collected it "what's your name ?" He asked "Emelda " she said and he saved her name "okay, bye and thanks for showing up " he said and she nodded weirdly, he closed the door .

Wait ..she said ..'you guys ' ,he opened the door to ask more but she was gone, his phone rang again playing 'Universe by cold stone ' ,it was one of his cousins that set his ring tone when he visited them days ago.

It was his mother calling, no doubt she just wanted to find out how the trip was and maybe he had gotten to his residence ,he picked the phone "Hello ma " he said and fell on the couch "I already got to my house " he responded "all is perfect " he said " Yeah " he replied " I'll get something to eat later " he said again "I'm living alone " he replied .

"Yeah " he said again "Okay, eat early " he said "watch your health closely and sleep " he said again "okay , love you ma " he said and he cut off the phone with a smile on his face , there's no doubt he loves his mother so much.

The doorknob turned, maybe Emelda had the key and thought he was not home so she opened the door... it didn't make sense so he waited for the door to open and he locked eyes with her, yeah, what's Mary doing here ?

it was not like he was sad instead he was shocked and happy at the same time but he was not very sure that was the Same for her because.....

'if looks could kill...'