Chapter 93 - True Self (1/2)

Next day we went to visit my in-laws again. Stella made arrangements for a Spa treatment. Up until now, she's been saving all her salary.

Since she got the opportunity to spend her money, she's doing her best to fulfil all the needs of her parents.

She wanted her parents to release their stress and any kind of uneasy feelings. Mr. Carlton passed on that offer. He insisted on staying at the hotel room.

It was a perfect opportunity for me. I was looking for some alone time to have a privet conversation. So, I decided to accompany my father-in-law.

He was sulking on his own, while sitting near the balcony. When Stella requested him to come along, he behaved rudely. Perhaps that's the reason for his grouch.

” You know Mr. Carlton, I have a doubt in my mind.” Hearing my voice made him look at me. I handed him a glass of whiskey, hoping that he will get drunk. It's easy to get informations out of him which are hidden in his heart.

” What do you mean?” Frowning at me with a puzzled look, he grabbed the glass of alcohol.

” Well, lately I've been observing you, trying to figure you out.” I took the seat beside him. It's going to be a long day since I wasn't ready to leave this conversation in the mid way.

” Me? And why's that?” He scratched his face while chuckling at me.

” I remember vividly, those days, when you used to come to our house. Sometimes you would play with me. Sometimes you would chat with me. There were other friends and colleagues of my dad who visited our house but they couldn't speak to me as I was an arrogant kid back then.” Thrusting my jaw forward I gave him a evil grin. Thinking about my childhood days made my head held high with pride or you could say I'm being cheeky.

” That's not half wrong. You were a hard nut to crack.” Letting out a sarcastic laugh he agreed to my statement.

” I really hated interacting with people in my childhood. But you were different. I was also rude to you in the beginning. But as the time went by I got closer to you. Every time you came to our house I specifically waited for you so that I can spend time with you. Those days were so much fun.”

His unfocused gaze fell upon me with a

touch of a mellow smile. Reminiscing upon those beautiful days, made both us drowned in river of sweet nostalgia.

” Who could have thought that you would end up marrying my daughter.” He spoke to me with a joyous laughter. All the melancholy, the gloominess was freed from his aching heart.

” Now let's come back to my question. Which one is the real you? The one I knew for all these year? Or the one I'm seeing now?” With an intense gaze, I asked him. Hearing my words made him change his facial expressions. He somehow looked a bit serious than before.

” What type of question is that? I am, what I am.” He took a sip of his drink and shrugged his broad shoulders as if my question is a joke to him. Is he trying to avoid me?

” No, one of them is an imposter.” I stated bluntly.