CHAPTER 31
IRIS LOU POV
I’m walking out of the orphanage because, the my plan is starting, I’ll just get in the car when I come out of the orphanage, I’m only wearing an Off shoulder white dress while wearing a ponytail and a little hair on the side of the my two cheeks, I just drove until I reached the destination I wanted to go to the Hamilton home.
I parked my car in front of the mansion because I could easily enter their subdivision. I went down slowly before walking to the main door and ringing the doorbell. Just a few minutes later the door opened and a maid came up to me.
“Who are they?” She asked as she opened the door.
“Hi, I’m Iris I just want to see Mrs. Hamilton.” I smiled in response to her. She smiled before opening the door wide and speaking.
“Come in first ma’am and sit on the sofa. I’ll just call madam.” She said so I nodded and went in. When I stepped inside the house it was as all the happy days were back when I was still here in their place. I just walked slowly while looking around almost nothing changed, I approached the picture frames placed on the Side while turning towards a cabinet.
My old pictures are still there, and what caught my attention was the picture of Eliot and me holding a teddy bear, I can still see how happy I was with that picture, that’s the time we dated at the amusement park, I look at his face in the picture and I can read the joy in his eyes and if I compare it to his appearance now I can tell how many have changed.
When I was the only woman in his life, I was definitely the luckiest woman in his life because he would do anything to make me happy. Even if I only suffered a minor injury, he would worry a lot, and he still takes good care of me whenever I am sick. However, people change, and feelings do as well.
Now I regret that I love a man like him who only caused me pain until the end, I returned the picture frame to its previous posture before walking again and I saw the painting I made, my gift to him on his birthday. It was hard to paint it, just to give it to him.
The painting is him sleeping at a table, that is, he used to be tired from work and even when he came home he still worked in his office until he fell asleep there. I was able to memorize his appearance while he was sleeping and the next day I started to paint. I can still see my signature at the bottom of the picture.
Suddenly I was shocked when I saw the picture of me wearing a wedding gown this is the time that my aunt took the picture while I was on the stairs, I wonder if I can still bring back the smile on my lips in those days, Because I can hardly see those smiles coming back to me now. The gown I most wanted to wear on my wedding day back then was like a hated crib now, Seeing myself wearing that grown again makes my blood boil.
“Iris is that you?” I was distracted when I heard the familiar voice coming from behind me, I saw my aunt with shock in her eyes and even covered her mouth as she saw me, I smiled sweetly at her before speaking.
“How are you auntie its been a long time since the last time I’ve seen you.” I told her, I saw a little tear dripping from her eye, she approach to me before giving me a tight hug, because in that hug I felt like I went back to the former Iris who was kind enough not to break dishes.
“Oh my god, where did you go and you didn’t show up for too long, do you know I miss you too much?” She said as she let go of her hug with me. I wiped the tears from her eyes with my hand, I can still see my aunt’s beauty, her beauty has not changed.
“Auntie, let’s sit first before I tell you what happened before.” I answered her and held her hand before we walked over to their sofa. We sat side by side on a sofa while she still held my hand.
“So, explain everything to me why did you disappear like a bubble Iris?” She asked directly so I just smiled before answering.Material © NôvelDrama.Org.
“Auntie, I’m sorry if I leave suddenly without saying goodbye, I just want to get away from everything and forget the pain I felt before.” I explain.
“You didn’t have to leave then, Eliot and you can still fix what you have, I’ll can still help you but why did you disappear.” She says.
“I know auntie that it hurts on your side that I suddenly disappeared, but it’s hard to accept everything, I gave your son everything my whole life to him my world revolved, but I can’t help but wonder where if did I failed his as a girlfriend to find someone else? I can give him a child but w-why? ” I asked her and I couldn’t help but shed tears in my other eye.
“I’m sorry, I’m the one asking for forgiveness for what my son did, I’m sorry.” I could see the pity in her eyes as she looked at me. I just smiled at her before wiping the tear from my other eye and speak.
“Auntie, don’t apologize. I have forgiven him for a long time even though I know it hurts and it stings my heart, but I have forgiven Eliot.” I smiled when I told her that but in my heart, anger and hatred still prevailed just to get revenge on Eliot, if I had to be kind in front of everyone just to get revenge I would do it.
“It’s been a long time, and I can be sure that all the pain I’ve experienced before is buried in the ground.” I’m still attached.
“You’re so kind heart, I haven’t regretted you as my daughter in law still, until now what your the woman I want for my son.” She smiled at me.
“It’s unclear if we’ll be together again aunts, knowing Eliot is a family man, I don’t want to ruin his family aunt’s.” I reply to her.
“Iris, you and you will still be my son’s wife until the end.” He says.
“You’re really giving me a motive to steal the person who already have an owner.” I reply to her, but in fact that’s my motive to win Eliot’s heart again and when he’s already falling for me, I’ll let him know how it feels to be hurt.
“I’m not kidding Iris, I especially that I don’t like the woman he replaced you with, I know the day will come when that woman’s stench will also come out, I also don’t like the ana.” She said. This is what I want most from my aunt. She always supported everything when it came to me, so I was very lucky.
“Stop it aunt, I won’t do that.” I said when but I’m just pretending.
“Fine, I know you can’t steal someone who isn’t you, I know you, but if you can think I’m just next to you.” She said still smiling.
“It’s still morning here so you can have your breakfast and sleep her okay? Even tonight no one has changed in your room here.” She said with a smile so I nodded.
“All right, I’ll just prepare breakfast, you can explore first, I’ll leave you first.” She said before leaving so think about walking to the stairs and go up there because I want to see my room here before. As soon as I arrived at the door of my room I used to slowly open it before going inside and I looked around the whole corner of the room, still nothing new is still very clean, and the picture of Eliot and me is in wall still the height of the headboard of the bed, almost nothing touched my equipment here as if they were just cleaning.
I approached the bed before sitting on the side and looked at the frame placed on the side table of the bed, why everywhere I look in this house I can only see my picture and Eliot? Isn’t the woman he loves now even jealous? but I just ignored it and went to bed because I missed it. Because of the softness of the bed, I was fall asleep.