As soon as Jean and Jeff walked to the upstairs they are flabbergasted by what they saw…
That was very big room and it is full of Jean's photos.
Right from the day she was born, Her every picture is safely framed and embedded to the walls.
The first photo is the one in which her parents are holding her. Her mother is still on the bed after she gave birth, while Julian is sitting beside with their triplets in their arms.
The next photo is when her father is kissing her forehead. She is still wrapped up in towel and his eyes are glowing with happiness.
Later, there were many and many pictures of her….
It is almost like thousands and thousands of photo frames are there….
While the three walls are filled with different size of photo frames the other wall had a very big patriot of her. It is taken on her wedding day. She is sitting on the chair while Jeff and Scott is standing behind her cladded IN their black suits. Meanwhile Jasper is standing beside her….
Jean chuckled and looked at Raymond.
"Even I don't have these many pictures of myself. Bro…some of the pictures here…..I don't even remember when they were taken. It is like, you almost have my life pictured here in form of photos…" Jean's eyes teared up.
"Go to the next room Jean. You will surely tear up even more. Believe me… if there is someone who loved you more than their own life it is your father. He was like your shadow protecting you. And for doing that, you don't know how much he suffered." Raymond patted her back and Jean teared up even more.
"Hmm...it's all right. Don't get emotional" Scott who is standing beside her all along hugged his wife and comforted her.
But this somehow triggered her even more that she started crying. "Why should he suffer so much by staying away from me and Jeff. If he really wanted to spend some time with us….and if he really love us to this extent why didn't he reveal himself and prevented this unnecessary pain" Jean sobbed.
"Jean, please don't hate your father. That is something inevitable and he didn't had any option back then. When you will meet him downstairs he will explain you. But remember this, irrespective of his power and strong background, he is still a human. Even he make mistakes and even he has to do something he would never like to do so" Raymond said.
Jeff and Iris are in the upper floor where he had his pictures hanged. They are very sure that even he is in same position as Jean.
Meanwhile Jean just sobbed in Scott's arms. But after she listened what Raymond told she couldn't help but agree with it. But it still twisted her heart.
Her heart throbbed for her father…
"It's okay love. You should be happy that you got such a good father's. See my dad…he only love his daughter in law more than his son. Even he had more pictures of you more than mine…I envy you" Scott kissed her forehead and gently rubbed her back.
Jean let out a short chuckle. "My father don't like you much" she giggled while sobbing.
"I know. Now I have to face him….huhhh" Scott pouted.
"Don't cry much. Remember that you are still pregnant" Raymond patted her head.
Next, they walked to the next room and this overwhelmed her….
The first photo is of Jean holding baby Jasper.
When he is still a baby and her mother is still alive, as far as she remembers….she met this cute little boy in the park. His handsome father is holding him and as soon as she saw that boy she got mesmerized by him and asked his father to let her hold him.
This photo is taken at that time.
Jean is holding Jasper while Julian is kneeling down as he helped her to hold him properly.
The next photo was also taken on the same day but with Sophia present there along with them.
Then there is another photo is in which she and Jeff are playing in beach. They might be some ten years old…
Jonathan and Sophia took her to Bali for a vacation and it was taken at that time. She don't remember playing with Jeff in the beach because he was just a random boy who had built a sand castle with her.
And there is another photo of four of them….their parents and them.
In the same manner, there are many family pictures like that. As they are very random pictures she don't even remember when they are taken. In someone see this pictures they will think that this family is a perfect one.
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After looking all of those pictures they at last went downstairs…
Jean, Scott and Jeff walked to the main suite, Even Iris followed them inside but Raymond stopped at the door.
He smiled at three of them and particularly looked at Jean. As Jeff is not into Council and other thinks he don't know much about Braxton's nor he have any bad opinion on them.