“Aunt Eden and Aunt Arya call babe and honey. You should also call mom with those names, right, Colton?”
“Right!! I have seen parents of my friends calling ‘Love, sweetheart’ as well.”
“I will discuss it with your mother,” Brandon said, nodding his head.
“Will you marry mom again in front of us? Like GRAND WEDDING just like Uncle Oliver and Aunt Becca is going to have? Where one of us will be your best man, and the other walk down with mom aisle? Please say YES.” Calvin asked.
Brandon recalled how Sophia had a dream of walking down on aisle with her dad, wearing a white wedding gown, and enjoying her wedding to the fullest, but it never got fulfilled. They just did not get married on paper, but their marriage stayed hidden from the world whole. He had to make up for that too.
“I promise I will marry your mom again in front of the whole world once I am fine.”
“Wow!! I can’t wait for the day when you will be completely fine.” Calvin chirped. “How do you going to make up for those four years in which you were not there with us?”
“I’m sorry, boys. I will do anything to make up for missing four years of your life.” Brandon said in an apologetic tone, and immediately Calvin’s eyes twinkled, and he gave a sly smile looking at his brother.
“Okay then! All you have to do is say YES or nod your head in front of mom whenever I say anything to her.” Calvin said. “You Promise?”
Brandon was a bit reluctant at first, but then he agreed, knowing that Calvin was his innocent son. There was nothing to worried about. After all, he was nothing like Colton.
“I promise. But at least give me some clue what you are going to say to your mom?” Brandon asked so that he could be prepared for whatever Calvin’s innocent mind had planned.
“You will know on your own,” he said and winked at the end. “Aunt Arya, please call mom. I want to talk to her so that she can come here?”
“At this hour?” Brandon couldn’t help but ask.
“Yes!! Mom always keeps both of us as her top priority. No matter how busy she remains because of her work.” Colton responded.
“But don’t you think that’s… that’s wrong. I mean calling her for unnecessary reasons.” Brandon pointed out that he never used to entertain any calls either from dad or Sophia during his office hours. Maybe because they knew that he didn’t like getting disturbed.
“Relax, dad. We don’t do that generally until and unless it is very important and the situation is like NOW or never. Just like sunrise and sunset, if you’re late, you will miss the beauty.” Colton explained everything.
“Yes! Yes! I mean to say the same.” Calvin said. A part of Calvin wanted to be like Colton, intelligent and smart, but that meant studying all the time, and he didn’t like studying because he used to find it boring.
That was why sometimes he just used to get insecure about the thought, what if Colton would become both Mom and dad’s favorite then?
*
After talking with Sophia, Calvin returned the phone to Arya.
“Dad”
“Yes, sweetheart!!”
“Whom do you love the most among us?” Calvin couldn’t help but ask to know his dad’s favorite son.
“I love you both equally. But I have heard the younger baby is the most loved one after all along with parents they are blessed with elder brother or sisters who loves them a lot.” Brandon answered, pinching his cheek.
“That’s true. Colton loves me a lot and shares everything with me. And I, too, loved him a lot.” Calvin said, hugging and kissing his brother.
*
*****At Present!!
When Sophia entered the room, Calvin jumped from the bed and ran toward his mom. The way he jumped on Sophia, Brandon recalled how Sophia sometimes used to do the same, with a smile while Jake was shifting from his from Brandon to Sophia. The way his boss was looking at his woman was something was against something new for him, with so much affection and love.
‘So, she is the boss lady.’ He thought with a smile and really hoped that his job was to shift from taking care of his boss to his boss's twins.
After all conversation, Sophia said, “Boys, I need to talk with your dad, ALONE.” And then she looked at Arya, who nodded and then looked at an unfamiliar face.
“Okay, Mom! Okay, Mom!”
“Hello, Ma’am, I’m Jake, Mr. Haysbert Caretaker.” Hearing this, Sophia’s eyes narrowed once she was confirmed that her babies were out of the room.
“Caretaker?” She asked in a pissed tone, scaring the poor guy who had no idea what did he do? “This was how you were taking care of my Ex-husband?” She sneered. If Jake had thought that his boss could only kick him out of his job, he felt his lady boss could take his soul out of his body.
“I.. I… am sorry, Ma’am, but sir didn’t want to hear anything from anyone.” Jake put all the blame on Brandon because he could find another job. His boss kicked him out, but he wouldn’t be able to return from death bed after losing his life.
“JAKE,” Brandon glared at him.
“Don’t scare him,” Sophia ordered. “You can now leave, Jake.”
Once he left, Sophia reached near Brandon and sat on the stool near it. “How’re you feeling now?”
“Good.”
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#TBC