Anna's POV:

I am very happy because today is my wedding day. I am so excited when I looked at my wedding grounds, it's so simple and pleasant...

I feel so emotional when Mark is kissing me before we lead to our respective green rooms...

And his kiss is so caressing and lovable way, it takes away all my stress. After a few minutes of our kiss, Mona takes me to my dressing room and 4 to 5 people are waiting for me to help me to get ready for my wedding...

I sit in the chair happily and enjoying their services...

They are almost done with my facial makeup, meanwhile, I got a message, I looked at it and the message is from an anonymous number. And the message is "Hi Anna, how are you dear..."

I have no clue that who is this person is...

I immediately scroll down the message and where I find the sender of this message, and I am shocked and my eyes filled with tears the moment I looked at the sender of the message...

"From your dad, Lucus..."

Dad..?

Did he escaped from John..?

I didn't think for one more second and immediately call back to that number...

But the number is out of reach...

So I immediately replied to the same number, "Dad, I am well, how are you?

Where are you..?

I miss you..."

Luckily my message sent, and I am waiting for his reply. My thoughts filled with the memories that I had with my dad...

Even though he is my stepdad, he will take care of me like his own child. He always encouraged me to reach my goals, and he always helped me to walk in the right path...

He loves my mom so much, he really takes good care of us, and now he threatened his life to save me from John, if he didn't save me from John, I will be dead by now...

In between my thoughts, I got a message from the same number, I immediately opened and checked it excitedly...

"I am at the airport and leaving this city permanently, and I may not look at you and Alex again in my life. If possible, can you please come to me once, I wish I want to look at my children for one last time..."

I am frozen the moment I read his message; I did not understand how to react to that message; I understand he escaped from John and now he is trying to escape from the city; I am so happy the moment I looked at his message; I understand he is safe, but at the same time I didn't understand why he wants to leave the city; he didn't do any crime, so why he should leave the city..?

I again tried to call him, and message him that today is my wedding and I wish he wants to attend my wedding, but unfortunately, my messages and calls are not allowed to his number...

Maybe he has reached me through a public number...

Okay, I will go to the airport to meet him and tell him about my wedding and request him to attend my marriage...

And I will also request him that no need to worry about the incidents that happened and I will also request him to surrender to the police and give a complaint about John. So Tom will definitely investigate further and take away the blame on my dad that he is one of the suspects in Ria's case.

I immediately checked the time, and I still have two hours for my marriage, so in the meantime, I can go to the airport and request my dad to attend my wedding and his investigation proceedings will be followed after my wedding, and I hope Mark will understand the situation.

In between my thoughts, I requested the makeup man to pause his work and immediately rushed towards the ground for Alex, but in the middle, Mona stopped me...

Mona: Anna..?

Where are you going?

(I don't know what to say to her, because if I say the fact she will definitely stop me and it's tough to convince her, so I tried to cover the topic.)

Anna: I will be back in a few minutes, please check the arrangements in the room, Mona...

Mona: ok, but I already arranged everything...

Anna: Yes, Mona, just look at it once again, I will be back in just a few minutes...

(I said to her in a hurry and tried to pass her, if I say that I am going to the airport she will definitely stop me and my dream that my parents should attend my marriage will fail. So, I try to convince her to go to my room to look after the arrangements but Mona still confused and in dilemma and again asked me...)

Mona: Where are you going, Anna?

Anna: I will spend some time with Alex, Mona, right now I am scared a bit, so I will be back soon...

(Mona smiled at me and nodded her head as ok, I feel relieved and immediately lead to the ground for Alex.

Alex immediately came close to me the moment he looked at me and he hugged me, I immediately hold him and went outside of the garden and immediately take a cab and went to the airport. I don't know how genuine the messages are, but what if they are real?

I don't want to miss if there is a one per cent of chance that the messages are true and send from my dad… I will definitely meet my dad and I will definitely be asked to attend my wedding, and I am sure after my wedding Tom will interrogate him and he will definitely be proved that he is not guilty in Ria's case and Mark will definitely accept him as his family member.

In between my thoughts I looked at Alex, he is scared a bit and holds my hand and looking at me with his puppy eyes...

I pull him close to me to caressing him; he feels so relieved...

Alex: sister, where are we going?

(I don't know what to say to him it's ok I will say to him that we are going to meet our dad. And I am sure he will be happy after looking at him.)

Anna: Alex, we are going to the airport to meet our dad...

Alex: Our dad?

What about mom, sister?

Where is mom?

I want to see mom too...

(My eyes filled with tears the moment I listen to his questions. I don't know how to console him and I don't know how to say the facts to him that my mum is no more, I just patted on his head and try to cover the topic.)

Anna: Alex, I know we both miss mom too much but we need to live without mom for a few more days, ok?

(Alex face immediately turn to dull. I make him sit on my lap and trying to make him calm down.)

Anna: Mona always says to me that you are a hero, right?

(He nodded his head as yes.)

Anna: Then, as far as I know, a hero should not be dull...

He should always smile and help others, right?

(He nodded his head as yes and immediately turned his face to smile and looked at me, even I smile by looking at his smiling face and hugged him closely.)

Alex: So sister, are we leaving this city now?

(I did not understand why he asks this question and why he thinks that we are leaving this city, maybe he got confused that we are going to the airport it means we are leaving this city with our dad. I immediately strike my head as no and looked at him with my smiling face and try to explain to him.)

Anna: No Alex, we are not going to leave this city because we have great friends here, am I right?

(He nodded his head as yes.)

Anna: Tell me who is your best friend…

Alex: Mona...

(I smile the moment I listened to Mona's name, she is really taking good care of Alex, even I may not take care as she did. She is even taking good care of me too.)

Anna: Yes, Mona is a great friend for me too, she really take good care of us…

Alex: So, we are not going to leave this city, right?

Anna: We are not leaving this city, Alex, because I don't want you to stay away from your friend…

(Alex face immediately lighten up and hugged me back.)

Alex: who are your best friends, sister?

Anna: Hmmm…

I have Mark, Mona and Tom...

Alex: Yes I like Tom and Mark too but I like Mona a bit more...

Anna: Great...

Alex: And I will marry Mona soon...

(I am shocked the moment I listen to Alex.)

Anna: What..?

Marry…?

Alex: Yes…

(I smile at his confident answer and I understand Tom should protect his girl from Alex, too…)

Anna: Why do you want to marry her?

Alex: because she is my best friend?

Anna: Who said to you that best friends can marry?

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