"Dad, I'll be here, don't worry. If I am ever not able to make it then we will postpone or prepone the treatment"

"Okay" Harry was relieved.

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"I need to step out for a minute, I'll be back soon" Daniel informed them and he stepped out to buy a bouquet for his mother.

On the other side, Catherine was very happy as Rachel narrated their love story.

Rachel tried to share as many details as possible, skipping the intimate moments she shared with Daniel.

Catherine was very happy as just like her, it was Rachel who took the initiative in their relationship.

After Rachel was done, Catherine praised her, "I am so proud of you Rachel. The men in our family are so useless, that we have to take the initiative if we want them. Even Harry kept all his feelings bottled up inside him in spite of us being childhood friends so I can understand how difficult Daniel must have been. If you would have left it on him, then you would have been still single"

The two women laughed and Rachel agreed with her.

"Aunt Catherine, be honest, are you upset with me?" Rachel held her hand and directly asked her as her heart was not at peace.

Catherine had only been nice to her since day one and she felt bad for deceiving her.

Catherine seriously looked at Rachel and said, "Rach, I was closer to Harry's family. Harry's mom and I were like best friends, she knew about my crush on Harry but when I dated Harry, for the first few months we didn't tell them. Harry was shy in sharing about his relationship, so for the first few months we hid it from mom and dad." Catherine smiled, recollecting the good old days.

"Oh"

"So, I understand your situation, but just a heads up, I am going to torture Daniel for a while, before forgiving him" Catherine winked at Rachel.

"But why? It was a mutual decision" Rachel felt bad for Daniel.

"He deserves to be troubled by his mother, don't worry" Catherine winked at her.

After a while, Daniel came home with flowers and he gifted it to his mom. She acted like she was upset with him for hiding the truth from her.

Daniel consoled his mom with his sweet words and after an hour of persuasion, Catherine forgave him.

Since the cat was out of the bag already, Daniel and Rachel revealed the truth of their relationship to the three grandpas.

Who were very happy with the news.

"When I chose this guy for you, you ran away from home and now you are dating him" James didn't let go of a chance to taunt his granddaughter.

"Yeah, after this rollercoaster ride, at least you two are now dating." Anthony commented.

"When are you two planning to get married?" Michael teased them.

"Seriously uncle Mike? You never got married and you are asking the kids when they will?" William taunted his uncle.

"Yeah, they should not make the same mistake as me, rather get married as soon as possible and give us grandkids to play with" Michael teased them even more.

"That is why the kids hid their relationship for so many months, don't prove them right" Catherine warned the three old men as she was sure James and Anthony would only continue this topic.

"Thanks" Rachel mouthed the word and Catherine assured her she will always be in their support.

"I hope Liz wakes up soon, she will get so many surprises" Catherine exclaimed.

"If she indeed wakes up, then please don't give her too much information, she won't be able to take it" Daniel just gave them all a heads up as unknowingly they might do something they are not supposed to if any day Liz indeed wakes up.

Everyone assured him they will be careful. They all spent some quality time together before calling it a night.

Daniel decided to stay at their place tonight and no one opposed it as they were all mature adults and they didn't mind Rachel and Daniel being together.

Daniel and Rachel made love till midnight before falling asleep exhausted.

…

The rest of the week passed quickly, Rachel spending more quality time with her father and doing her work from home.

Jessica was having a good time with Daniel and Jimmy, she was also managing the business well in Rachel's absence, she at times visits Rachel at her home, if she needs to discuss work or at times just to spend some time with her.

Daniel was busy at the hospital.

Patrick and Emily's relationship was much better as all the misunderstandings between them were cleared.

Matt was back to his normal, being fun self making Lisa feel better as she was not sure why but it scared her when he turned serious and not acted like himself.

Steve and Lisa's friendship too improved a lot in the next few days.

When Steve got to know how the famous director Amanda Jones is now Lisa's friend he got very excited.

He was even more excited when she informed him she had been invited to attend the opening night of her current play.

Lisa didn't inform him about her +1 as she already promised to take Matt with her.

…

It was Thursday night and the play was supposed to take place the next day.

Jimmy was standing out in the gallery looking outside at the beautiful view.

Rachel, Jessica were sitting at the dining table while Daniel just cooked food for them.

"Where is Jimmy?" Daniel asked the two women who pointed at the gallery.

"He seems nervous about tomorrow." Rachel informed him.

"Yeah, he is especially scared of uncle Harry." Jessica informed him.

"I'll talk to him"

Daniel stepped towards Jimmy and joined him.

"Nervous about tomorrow?" Daniel asked him.

"Hmm, mom, dad are going to be there, I am scared I might fuck up"

"Jim, look at me" Daniel placed his hand on his brother's shoulders.