Chapter 95 - Better Choice (1/2)

I always preferred to maintain my privacy. Most people like me would consider keeping bodyguards with them for their safety. Although I never felt the necessity of appointing trained men around me for my safety purposes.

I had leaned boxing and karate. Honestly I did those stuffs for fun but as I grew up my skills became more polished. Thanks to that I can handle any minor situation.

” Everything kinda sums up now. I think you should apologise to your kids and tell all these things. I'm sure they'll understand.” With confidence I continued to pursue him.

” I'm good. There's no need for that.” He declined flatly. His rejections were too strong for me.

” Oh! Come on Mr. Carlton! You can't just carry on behaving like this. They still think of you as a possessive father. They think that you're controlling their lifestyle.

That's why you need to show them your true self. Sort out all your misunderstanding-” Before I could finish off my speech, Mr. Carlton buŧŧed in.

” Don't be ridiculous! You think I don't know about their secret outings? Or when they sneaked out from the house to party with their friends?

If I wanted, I could have stopped them from doing all this. But that wasn't my intention. As long they're safe, I'm okay with everything.” He sighed while avoiding my gaze.

Now that I think about his point of view, it's not half bad. Worrying about someone's safety is harshly distressful. I get anxious when ever I think of my Stella.

” Maybe keeping a bodyguard wasn't really a bad idea.” With a slightly laugh I replied. It may have invaded their privacy but it didn't completely affected their privet lives. So I guess it's cool.

” History repeats itself. After all they're my kids. They're bound to follow my footsteps, do reckless things and regret later on. That's what I feared most. It was the only way to keep my eye on them. I didn't intended to pry into their personal life.” He sounded apologetic rather disheartened.

” It's okay. You did your best Mr. Carlton. Now you gotta tell all the back story to your kids. They deserve to know the truth. I'm not gonna judge you on their behalf but at least to me, you're a good person.

We all do mistakes. What matters most is how we learn from our mistakes and give our efforts to correct it.” I felt like confronting a child as if he's sulking for making a mistake.

” You can't fix a broken mirror.” He stated with a blank face.

Seriously? Can't you be more positive? Everyone knows that we can't fix a broken mirror. Thanks for making it so hard for me to explain further.

” But you can fix a broken vase.” Oh dear lord! That's such a dumb example. I'm internally screaming. Let's just continue with this, ” It depends on the difficulty level. Unless you give it a try you'll never know.” I said while trying to give him a genuine smile of confidence and positivity.

” I'm not sure if I can confess all these.” Hearing his words made me glum. It seems that he's still not confident enough to face his children. As I was going to say something to cheer him up, Mr. Carlton spoke again, ” But I'll give it a try-” he paused and looked at me with a playful grin, ” -only if you start calling me 'Dad' from now on.”