CHAPTER THIRTEEN

(Everyone was still shaken by what happened to Jasmine. The refused to leave her alone which was getting on her nerves.) Jasmine : You don't have to come with me. I can take care of myself. Sam : I know but what if those guys come after you again? I want to teach them a lesson. Jasmine : Don't worry about me. I'll be fine besides don't you have work? Sam: Work can wait. I'll come with you. Jasmine : No. Sam: I will ask Peter to come with you. Jasmine : Fine. Sam: Why did you refuse to let me come with you but agreed to let Peter come with you? Jasmine : That's because you are bossy. If I go with you, you'll be like don't eat this , don't touch that ,don't talk to this person. You will control me anyhow you want and I don't like it. Sam: I don't control you. Jasmine : You do not just me but everyone but you would control me more if I let you. Sam : I didn't know that's how I make you feel. Am sorry for that. Jasmine : It's okay. So can I go now? Sam: No, Peter is still coming with you . We can't risk it at all. Jasmine : Fine.

(Christine stuck to Jasmine ever since he heard what had happened and he made sure to put those guys away. Christine : Why did they come for you? Jasmine : That's because I am the most prettiest girl in the whole wide world.(She giggled) Christine : Stop messing with me. What did you do or say? And who did you offend? Jasmine: I don't know. Christine : You're still aren't being truthful. Jasmine : I don't really know why that happened but we shouldn't make a big deal out of it. I mean am fine and nothing bad happened and it's been a while since it happened so let's for get about it. Christine : You're lying to me and I just want you you that I know it. Jasmine : Think what ever you like . Christine : Let's get married . Jasmine : Again?? We've been married twice. Am okay. You didn't sign the divorce papers so that means we are still married. Christine : I know but I just want the world to know you are my wife and also I want my wife to live with me. Jasmine : I would love to live with you but I have to take care of the boys. They can't be by themselves. They'll fight and break this family apart. I have to stay here and bring us together . I have a company to run. Christine : They're adults , they can take care of themselves and by the way, aren't you the youngest amongst them? And you run alot of companies from here. So you can run them from China. Jasmine : I am the youngest but they need me. Christine we've been together so long I can't just leave now. Sam is having a hard time convincing some of his partners, Peter has a hard time healing from Melissa and the twins are trying to find their parents. I can't just leave them right now. Christine : I understand but you can still support them from China. Jasmine : I want to be here with them. I know Peter told you I was here and that's how you found me. He reunited us and so I want everyone to have what they want. Christine : You can't fix everything. Jasmine : I know but at least I can try. Christine : Jasmine take it easy. Jasmine : I will and let's drop this discussion. I'm not leaving and I will come visit you some time. Christine : Fine but I want another child. Jasmine : I know this is something you and your mum came up with to get me to live with you. Christine: How did you figure it out? Jasmine : (She laughs) You didn't even deny it. Christine: How did you know? Jasmine,: I know how your mum thinks. I also know your mum has the brains when it comes to planning(he interrupts her mid sentence . So you mean that am dumb? Am your husband and yet you're so mean to me.) Don't put words into my mouth. What I meant was your mum can manipulate anyone to do anything she wants and also you can't plan that.

(A few days later, the kids were sitting together and discussing their parents lives.) Nicole: Why don't they live together. Amelia: Mum is stubborn and she won't back down easily. Nicole: How do we make her back down. Camilla: The only way to make her back down is to break her. (The boys stared at her in shock.) Nick(the eldest amongst them ): You're way too scary than your mum. How did you think of that. Camilla: Mum taught me to think like that. Nicole: So how do we break her ? Camila: Mum is scared of her mother. Grandma Zoya. So if we tell her about this situation, she will help us convince her . Nicole: How do we reach her? Amelia and I will ask mum to call grandma tonight and we'll tell her that daddy wants to marry mum again but wants to seek her blessings before he marry her but she refused. She will breathe down her neck and she'll have no other choice but to marry daddy . (Everyone agreed to go with the plan and the perfect time came rather quickly. Zoya had called Jasmine that afternoon and Amelia happened to be passing by Jasmine's room and when she found out the person on the phone was her grandma, she hurried to tell Camilla and they came back. They took the phone from their mum and lied to their grandma and she promised to fix it. A few days later, Zoya arrived. It shook Jasmine because they spoke the night before and she didn't mention her coming.